Segments Marked with Numbers and Letters
Two groups of line segments lettered a, b, c and numbered 8, 4, 9, 3 and 12, 6, 2
The page carries two groups of short line segments, each drawn beneath a number-and-letter pair. The first group reads 8 d, 4 e, 9 f, 3 g in one column against a, c, b in the other; the second reads 12 h, 6 K, 2 l against a, b. Curved pen-strokes bracket and link the numbered pairs, apparently setting the lengths in proportion.
On this page
First group of numbered segments (8, 4, 9, 3)
A first column pairs numbers with letters — 8 d, 4 e, 9 f, 3 g — set beside a second column a, c, b, each written above its own line segment and joined by pen-strokes.
Second group of numbered segments (12, 6, 2)
A second, smaller group reads 12 h, 6 K, 2 l against a and b, closed off by a horizontal pen-stroke, the numbers again set above line segments.
Numbers drawn as line segments
Each numbered label sits above a short ruled line, so that the quantities are represented geometrically as segments of proportional length.