Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Classical Review, Vol. 6
What the Roman carpenter called a 710777111 the English carpenter calls an L - square it is formed by setting two straight lines at a right angle to each other. Engravings of the 710777111 may be seen in the Dictionary of Antiquities: it was of various kinds, the essential point in each being the right angle. In Etyma Latina I have suggested that the Latin instrument was named, as the English one is, from its resemblance to the letter L.I I shall here show (1) that the L of certain Italian alphabets had like our L a right angle; (2) that in some Italian alphabets L was the ninth letter and would therefore according to ancient usage be called 7107111; and (3) that *71071f1'77111, the derivative of 7107111, would naturally become 710777111. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
