Note 114 — Chapter IV · OUGHTRED’S INFLUENCE UPON MATHEMATICAL PROGRESS AND TEACHING
Reading edition
Analyse des infiniment petits, by the Marquis de L’Hospital. New ed. by M. Le Fèvre, Paris, 1781, p. 41. In this volume passages in fine print, probably supplied by the editor, contain the notation a:b::c:d; the parts in large type give Oughtred’s original notation.