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Trigonometria Britanica, or, The doctrine of triangles : in two books : the first of which sheweth the construction of the naturall and artificiall sines, tangents and secants, and table of logarithms ... : the other, the use or application of the canon of artificiall sines, tangents and logarithms ... : the one composed, the other translated from the Latine copie written by Henry Gellibrand ... / by John Newton ...
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Newton, John, 1622-1678.
- Series:
- Early English books online
- Standardized Title:
- Trigonometria Britanica
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Trigonometry--Early works to 1800.
- Trigonometry.
- Mathematics--Early works to 1800.
- Mathematics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (9 unnumbered pages, 96 pages, 308 unnumbered pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Trigonometria Britanica.
- Doctrine of triangles.
- Chiliades centum logarithmorum.
- Canones logarithmorum.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by R. and W. Leybourn, and are to be sold by George Hurlock ... Joshuah Kirton ... and Thomas Pierrepont ... and William Fisher ..., 1658.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- The second part of Newton's work is translated from Gellibrand's additions in Latin to Henry Briggs' work published in 1633 under the title: Trigonometria Britannica. Cf. Ward, J. Lives of the professors of Gresham College, 1740, pp. 81ff; Encyc. Brit., 13th edition, volume 16, pages 874, and volume 26, pages 329; DNB, volume 14, pages 395.
- "Chiliades centum logarithmorum" and "Canones logarithmorum" have special title pages with imprint: Londini, Ex Officina Leybourniana, 1658.
- Errata: pages [9] at beginning and pages [308] at end.
- Reproduction of original in British Library and Cambridge University Library.
- Entry for G479 cancelled in Wing (2nd edition).
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 218:1 and 456:8) s1999 miun s
- Cited in:
- Wing N1072
- Contains:
- Briggs, Henry, 1561-1630. Trigonometria Britannica.
- OCLC:
- 12360016
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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