THE Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, a facsimile of which the Trustees of the British Museum have just issued, together with an introduction by Dr. Wallis Budge, is the document from which we gather most ...
The Rhind Papyrus In 1700 B. C. an Egyptian scribe named A'h-mosè set down his "knowledge of existing things all," a document which is now the principal source of what we know of Egyptian mathematics ...