The Hindu-Arabic Numerals c8.70

c8.70

² "Zifra, & Nulla uel figura Nihili." [Scheubel, 1545, p. 1 of ch. 1.] *Nulla* is also used by Italian writers. Thus Sfortunati (1545 ed., f. 4) says: "et la decima nulla & e chiamata questa decima zero;" Cataldi (1602, p. 1): "La prima, che è 0, si chiama nulla, ouero zero, ouero niente." It also found its way into the Dutch arithmetics, e.g. Raets (1576, 1580 ed., f. A₃): "Nullo dat ist niet;" Van der Schuere (1600, 1624 ed., f. 7); Wilkens (1669 ed., p. 1). In Germany Johann Albert (Wittenberg, 1534) and Rudolff (1526) both adopted the Italian *nulla* and popularized it. (See also Kuckuck, *Die Rechenkunst im sechzehnten Jahrhundert*, Berlin, 1874, p. 7; Günther, *Geschichte*, p. 316.)