In 1756, or 270 years ago, Jan Śniadecki was born, famous for creating Polish mathematical terminology. His are terms such as iloczyn for “a product”, iloraz for “a quotient”. Also całka meaning “an integral” and pochodna which is “a derivate”. In geometry it’s i.a. styczna used for “a tangent” and sieczna that is “a secant”. Jan’s brother Jędrzej created Polish chemical nomenclature that was used till 1970s.
