Propositiones ad Acuendos Juvenes/Problems/8 - De Cupa/Historical Note

Historical Note on Propositiones ad Acuendos Juvenes by Alcuin of York: Problem $8$: De Cupa

While some authors classify this as a cistern problem, David Singmaster argues that it lacks the characteristic usage of flow rates that normally occur in such.

Sources

• 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