Propositiones ad Acuendos Juvenes/Problems/50 - De Vino in Vasculum/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Propositiones ad Acuendos Juvenes by Alcuin of York: Problem $50$: De Vino in Vasculum
The original text from Alcuin gives that there are $289$ meri to the metra, rather than the $288$ that are obtained by straightforward multiplication.
It is not clear whether this is what the exact number of them is, or whether Alcuin made a mistake in his arithmetic when multiplying $48$ by $6$.
Sources
- c. 800: Alcuin of York: Propositiones ad Acuendos Juvenes
- 1992: John Hadley/2 and David Singmaster: Problems to Sharpen the Young (Math. Gazette Vol. 76, no. 475: pp. 102 – 126) www.jstor.org/stable/3620384