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Author Napier, John, 1550-1617.
Uniform Title Mirifici logarithmorum canonis descriptio. English
Title 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 / 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.
Accompanying uniform title Vse of the triangular table for the finding of the part proportionall.
Use of the triangular table for the finding of the part proportionall.
Publication Info London : Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1616.



Descript [22], 89, [91], 8 p., [1] leaf of plates (folded) : ill.
Note 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.
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Author Napier, John, 1550-1617.
Series Early English books online.
Subject Logarithms -- Early works to 1800.
Logarithms -- Tables.
Trigonometry -- Early works to 1800.
Alt author Wright, Edward, 1558?-1615.
Briggs, Henry, 1561-1630. Vse of the triangular table for the finding of the part proportionall.
Accompanying uniform title Vse of the triangular table for the finding of the part proportionall.
Use of the triangular table for the finding of the part proportionall.
Descript [22], 89, [91], 8 p., [1] leaf of plates (folded) : ill.
Note 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.
Author Napier, John, 1550-1617.
Series Early English books online.
Subject Logarithms -- Early works to 1800.
Logarithms -- Tables.
Trigonometry -- Early works to 1800.
Alt author Wright, Edward, 1558?-1615.
Briggs, Henry, 1561-1630. Vse of the triangular table for the finding of the part proportionall.
Accompanying uniform title Vse of the triangular table for the finding of the part proportionall.
Use of the triangular table for the finding of the part proportionall.

Subject Logarithms -- Early works to 1800.
Logarithms -- Tables.
Trigonometry -- Early works to 1800.
Descript [22], 89, [91], 8 p., [1] leaf of plates (folded) : ill.
Note 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.
Alt author Wright, Edward, 1558?-1615.
Briggs, Henry, 1561-1630. Vse of the triangular table for the finding of the part proportionall.

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