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edited Dec 27 at 4:18

"A new and compendious system of practical arithmetick", by William Pardon in 1738, contains the passage:

"... 


  Here if the first *Series* Series or Set of *Numbers* Numbers increases by 1, and the second decreases by 1; the third increases by 2, ..."
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The emphasis is in the original, so that it is not set that is being described. So in 1738, it's meaning was already taken for granted.

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edited Dec 23 at 3:49

Kevin O'Bryant
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"A new and compendious system of practical arithmetick"arithmetick", by William Pardon in 1738, contains the passage:

"... Here if the first Series*Series* or Set of Numbers*Numbers* increases 
by 1, and the second   decreases by 1; the third increases 
by 2, ..."


http://books.google.com/books?id=S4ENlDtLppAC&pg=PA325&dq=%22set+of+numbers%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WjfWUO6OKoaI0QGA0oHgCA&ved=0CGAQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22set%20of%20numbers%22&f=false

The emphasis is in the original, so that it is not set that is being described. So in 1738, it's meaning was already taken for granted.

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answered Dec 22 at 22:46

Kevin O'Bryant
6,442●1●27●54

"A new and compendious system of practical arithmetick", by William Pardon, contains the passage:

"... Here if the first Series or Set of Numbers increases by , and the second decreases by 1; the third increases by ..."

http://books.google.com/books?id=S4ENlDtLppAC&pg=PA325&dq=%22set+of+numbers%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WjfWUO6OKoaI0QGA0oHgCA&ved=0CGAQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22set%20of%20numbers%22&f=false