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Record Nr.

UNISA996387966103316

Autore

Napier John <1550-1617.>

Titolo

A description of the admirable table oe [sic] logarithmes [[electronic resource] ] : with a declaration of the most plentiful, easy, and speedy vse thereof in both kindes of trigonometrie, as also in all mathematicall calculations / / invented and published in Latin by that honorable L. Iohn Nepair ... ; and translated into English by the late learned and famous mathematician Edward Wright ; with an addition of an instrumentall table to finde the part proportionall, inuented by the translator, and described in the end of the booke by Henry Brigs ... ; all perused and approued by the author, & published since the death of the translator

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1616

Descrizione fisica

[22], 89, [91], 8 p., [1] leaf of plates (folded) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

WrightEdward <1558?-1615.>

BriggsHenry <1561-1630.>

Soggetti

Logarithms

Trigonometry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of: Mirifici logarithmorum canonis descriptio.

Signatures: A¹²(-A¹⁰) B-H¹² I⁸(I6+chi¹) K².

Errata: p. 8 at end.

Includes: The vse of the triangular table for the finding of the part proportionall / penned by Henry Brigges: p. 1-8 at end.

Imperfect: signature E11 lacking; signatures E9-F4 from defective Queen's College (University of Cambridge) Library copy spliced at end.

Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0014