Duocoordinatarum systemata rectangularia esse supponuntur, quae initio gaudent communi; vocentur alterius coordinatae; alterius ;
Two systems of coordinates, which enjoy a common beginning [origin], are supposed to be rectangular; the coordinates of one may be called ; the other ;
1828, Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss, Disquisitiones Generales Circa Superficies Curvas[2], archived from the originalon2016-05-31, page 24:
Supponamus, superficiem nostram curvam explicari possein aliam superficiem, curvam seu planam, itaut cuivis puncto prioris superficiei per coordinatasx, y, z determinato respondeat punctum determinatum superficiei posterioris, cuiuscoordinatae sint x′, y′, z′.