1963, Scripta Mathematica, vol. 1, page 296, ISSN 0036-9713. Later he spoke of "subdividing each Eptameride into ten parts, called Decamerides." But he did not use this more subtle division in practice.
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Eptameride
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The second contribution of Sauveur is the development of a more exact method of computing intervals based upon logarithmic numbers which he terms merides, eptamerides and decamerides.
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1991, Theoria, vol. 5-6, page 26, ISSN 1554-1312. The interval of the fifth, it will be recalled, contains 176 eptamerides or 25 merides (plus 1 eptameride).
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The Merides were divided into seven parts called Eptamerides. For more subtle distinctions, Sauveur suggested using Decamerides, 10 of which comprised one Eptameride.
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