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Description	English: Unicode character U+003D equals sign in an English book from 1557, in fact introducing this character. Source: Robert Recorde, The Whetstone of Witte, London 1557, p.238 Howbeit, foꝛ eaſie alteratio̅ of equations. I will pꝛo⹀ pounde a fewe exa̅ples, bicauſe the extraction of their rootes, maie the moꝛe aptly bee wꝛoughte. And to a⹀ uoide the tediouſe repetition of theſe wooꝛdes : is⹀ qualle to : I will ſette as I doe often in wooꝛke vſe, a paire of paralleles, oꝛ Gemowe lines of one lengthe, thus: ======, bicauſe noe .2. thynges, can be moare equalle. And now marke theſe nombers.
Date	12 November 1557
Source	Equals sign in Robert Recorde, The Whetstone of Witte, London 1557, p.238
Author	Robert Recorde

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