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Logarithmotechnia, or, The construction, and use of the logarithmeticall tables; : 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.
Arithmétique logarithmétique. English
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- First published in the French tongue by Edmund Wingate, an English gentleman, and now translated into English by the author himselfe.
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- London : Printed by W. Stansby, 1626
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- [10], 103, [235] pages, [1] folded leaf : illustrations
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- ocm72803954
- 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.
- STC (2nd ed.) 25850.5
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 2231:1)
- 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