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Record Nr.

UNISA996389329603316

Autore

Wingate Edmund <1596-1656.>

Titolo

Logarithmotechnia, or, The construction, and use of the logarithmeticall tables; [[electronic resource] ] : by the help of which, multiplication is performed by addition, division by subtraction, the extraction of the square root by bipartition, and of the cube root by tripartition, &c. : Finally, the golden rule, and the resolution of triangles, as well right lined, as sphericall by addition and substraction. / / First published in the French tongue by Edmund Wingate, an English gentleman, and now translated into English by the author himselfe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by W. Stansby, 1626

Descrizione fisica

[10], 103, [235] p., [1] folded leaf : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

BriggsHenry <1561-1630.>

GunterEdmund <1581-1626.>

Soggetti

Logarithms

Trigonometry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A translation of: Arithmétique logarithmétique.

"Concerning which you shall further obserue, that the three first chapters thereof  are nothing, but an abridgement of that, which Master Brigs deliuers in his booke (intitled Arithmatica Logarithmetica) -- p. [7-8].

First word of title transliterated from Greek characters.

Parts: "The first chiliad of logarithmes, cited in the discourse aforegoing the table of numbers / by Henry Brigs" and "Canon triangulorum, or, A logarithmeticall table: wherein are set dovvne the logarithmes of the sines... by Edm. Gunter" have half-title, continuous register.

Signatures: A-E¹² A⁸ B⁴ C⁸ D⁴ E¹² F⁴ G⁸ H⁴ I⁸ K⁴ L⁸ M⁴ N⁸ O⁴ P⁶ Q⁴ R⁸ S⁴ T¹.

Errata: p. [3-5] following p. 103

Imperfect: pages tightly bound, faded, with loss of text.

Reproduction of original in: Folger Shakespeare Library.



Nota di contenuto

Logarithmotechnia, or, The construction, and use of the logarithmeticall tables ... by Edmund Wingate -- The first chiliad of logarithmes, called in the discourse aforegoing the table of numbers. / by Henry Brigs. -- Canon triangulorum, or A logarithmeticall table: wherein are set dovvne the logarithmes of the sines, & tangents of all the degrees, & minutes of the quadrant; the logarithme of the radius, or semy-diameter being 100000000 / by Edm. Gunter.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0055