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English:
First table constructed by John Napier to aid in his calculation of logarithms. Consists of 10
7
times 100 powers of 0.9999999, computed by successive subtractions. The logarithms of each number can then be calculated by successive addition starting with the log of 0.9999999, which he estimated, in modern terms, by the trapezoidal rule. From
John Napier (1619)
w:The Construction of the Wonderful Canon of Logarithms
, Blackwood & Sons
:p. 13)
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Date | 1619, 1889 |
Source | https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/21654776/the-construction-of-the-wonderful-canon-of-logarithms |
Author | John Napier, William Rae Macdonald |
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