Mensurae Universales Magnitudinum ac Temporum by Adam Adamandy Kocha\'nski -- Latin text with annotated English translation

TL;DR

This paper provides an annotated Latin and English translation of Adam Adamandy Kochański's 1687 work on establishing universal measures of length and time, aiding scholarly study of the original text.

Contribution

It offers a faithful, annotated bilingual version of Kochański's work, preserving original notation and providing insights into 17th-century ideas on universal measurement.

Findings

Includes original Latin text with annotations

Provides a literal English translation

Preserves mathematical notation and figures

Abstract

Annotated parallel text in Latin and English of the paper of Adam Adamandy Kocha\'nski "Mensurae universales magnitudinum ac temporum", Acta Eruditorum, p. 259--266, May 1687, in which he presents some ideas of how to establish universal measure of length and time. The Latin text closely follows the original text published in Acra Eruditorum. Punctuation, capitalization, and mathematical notation have been preserved. The translation is as faithful as possible, often literal, and it is mainly intended to be of help to those who wish to study the original Latin text. Footnotes and figures in the appendix have been added by the translator.