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The construction of the wonderful canon of logarithms by John Napier, baron of Merchiston ; translated from Latin into English with notes and a catalogue of the various editions of Napier's works, by William Rae Macdonald, F.F.A.
Gale Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology and Medicine, 1780-1925 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Napier, John, 1550-1617.
- Series:
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I
- Standardized Title:
- Mirifici logarithmorum canonis constructio. English
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Napier, John, 1550-1617--Bibliography.
- Napier, John.
- Logarithms--Early works to 1800.
- Logarithms.
- Spherical trigonometry--Early works to 1800.
- Spherical trigonometry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([8], [xi]-xix, 169 p.) : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh ; London : W. Blackwood and sons, 1889.
- Notes:
- "A catalogue of the works of John Napier of Merchiston, to which are added a note of some early logarithmic tables and other works of interest, compiled by William Rae Macdonald": p. [101]-169.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Reproduction of the original from the Huntington Library.
- OCLC:
- 561571205
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