A description of the admirable table oe [sic] logarithmes 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.

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• A description of the admirable table oe [sic] logarithmes 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.
• Mirifici logarithmorum canonis descriptio. English
• Use of the triangular table for the finding of the part proportionall.

People / Organizations

• John Napier (Author)

Imprint

London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1616.

Publication year

1616-1616

ESTC No.

S2826

Grub Street ID

147164

Description

[22], 89, [91], 8 p., [1] leaf of plates (folded) : ill. 12⁰

Note

Translation of: Mirifici logarithmorum canonis descriptio.

Signatures: A??(-A??) B-H?? I?(I6+chi?) K?.

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.

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