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
by John Russell Napier
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![Cover of: A description of the admirable table oe [sic] logarithmes by 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.](/images/icons/avatar_book.png){kind=icon}
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Early works to 1800, Logarithms, Tables, TrigonometryShowing 6 featured editions. View all 6 editions?
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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.
STC (2nd ed.) 18351.
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1985. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1857:7)
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