115 years of the first russian wall math table

Abstract

For the first time, the article describes in detail the first Russian visual tutorial on arithmetic — a wall table created in 1705, the only copy of which is in the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. The manual was prepared on the basis of the first Russian textbook of arithmetic using Arabic numerals — the book of L. F. Magnitsky. A number of differences in the calculation methodology at the beginning of the 18th century from modern methods have been revealed. A comparative dictionary of modern mathematical terms and related terms used at the beginning of the 18th century was compiled. A number of errors and misprints were found in the table, they are given in the appendix to the article. The results obtained will be useful both to specialists and to everyone interested in the history of mathematics and informatics.