Columns of arithmetical calculations
Repeated long additions worked to running sums, with a fan of figures at lower left
The sheet is filled with clusters of numerals arranged in tall vertical columns, each a long addition or multiplication carried down to a total. Several groups repeat the same running figures (such as 1977987, 20979583, 84957932 and the recurring sum 22601), as if one calculation were worked and checked again. At the lower left the digits are laid out inside a semicircular fan rather than a straight column.
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Columns of long additions carried to a total
Numerals are stacked in tall columns and summed, the partial figures (22312, 33543, 1977907, 20979583, 84957932, 37599999) running down to totals such as 22601. The same sequences recur across the sheet, as though a single calculation were repeated and verified.
Semicircular fan of figures (lower left)
At the lower left the digits are set out along a semicircular arc rather than in a straight column, a rounded array of numerals ending near the figure 226.