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The King James Bible uses "shew" instead of "show." So one would assume
it in common use in the 17th century.
Or maybe not -- I have a friend whose PhD thesis was on English bible
translations, she claims that James's scholars used obsolete-for-them
English in the KJV to give it an air of ancient authority (much like
many of the prayers we hear in church today).
Lu Abel
Glenn Geers wrote:
> I've only seen "shew" used in old mathematics books (Whittacker and Watson has
> been mentioned). I have seen o with an umlaut used as well. The usage seems
> to be for the imperative form, viz. "Shew that..." which is a fairly common
> way to start Mathematics questions.
