An Account of the Life, Writings, and Inventions of John Napier, of Merchiston |
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... those proprietors of lands , who fwore allegiance to Edward the firft , of England , in the year 1296. William , from whom he count- ed in the ninth generation , was Governor of the Castle of Edinburgh , in the year 1401 , whofe fon ...
... those proprietors of lands , who fwore allegiance to Edward the firft , of England , in the year 1296. William , from whom he count- ed in the ninth generation , was Governor of the Castle of Edinburgh , in the year 1401 , whofe fon ...
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... those we now em- ploy ; by which thefe latter operations must have been much simplified . Thefe figures were known only to a few mysterious men , and it is by no means probable that they were the inventors of them . It is probable that ...
... those we now em- ploy ; by which thefe latter operations must have been much simplified . Thefe figures were known only to a few mysterious men , and it is by no means probable that they were the inventors of them . It is probable that ...
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... those figures of the dividend wherein it is first required how oft- en the divifor is found , or the next lefs number , which fubtract from the first figures of the dividend , and put for the first figure of the quo- tient the ...
... those figures of the dividend wherein it is first required how oft- en the divifor is found , or the next lefs number , which fubtract from the first figures of the dividend , and put for the first figure of the quo- tient the ...
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... those of the rods , and its breadth quadruple . Its two faces are divided and marked as in Fig . IV . To find out the way of operating by it will be no difficulty to any body who is a little acquainted with arithmetic and has time . to ...
... those of the rods , and its breadth quadruple . Its two faces are divided and marked as in Fig . IV . To find out the way of operating by it will be no difficulty to any body who is a little acquainted with arithmetic and has time . to ...
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... those which have two on the margin have the loculi of 6 and 6 ′ cut out ; those which have 3 the loculi of c and c ' ; those which have 4 the lo- culi of d and d ' , & c . This will be fufficiently evident by inspecting Fig . VI . where ...
... those which have two on the margin have the loculi of 6 and 6 ′ cut out ; those which have 3 the loculi of c and c ' ; those which have 4 the lo- culi of d and d ' , & c . This will be fufficiently evident by inspecting Fig . VI . where ...
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abfcifs adjacent afymptote alfo alſo angle arcs Arithmetica arithmetical bafe Briggs Byrgius cafes Canon circular cofines column common logarithms conftruction correfponding counters curve defcending defcribed demonftrated difcovery divifion divifor eaſily EDMUND Gunter equal faid fame fecond feems fegments feries feven fhall fides fign figures fimple fin BC fince fines and tangents firft firſt fluxion folution fome fpherical triangle fquare root fubtangent fubtract fufficient fum and half fupplement fuppofed fyftem garithms half the difference half the fum himſelf hyperbola infinite interfect invention itſelf JOHN NAPIER laft lamella laſt lefs loga logarithmic fines logarithmorum Longomontanus margin Merchifton metical modulus Montucla moſt multiplication muſt Napier natural numbers Neper oblique fpherical oppofite ordinate plane triangle promptuary propofition publiſhed purpoſe quadrant quantity radius refpective Regiomontanus ſpace ſquare tang tangents of half thefe theorem theſe thofe thoſe three fides Trigonometry Tycho Brahe uſe
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Page 17 - Mr. Briggs, to his great contentment.. He brings Mr. Briggs up into my lord's chamber, where almost one quarter of an hour was spent, each beholding other almost with admiration before one word was spoke.
Page 15 - That for the mine and overthrow of man, there were too many devices already framed, which, if he could make to be fewer, he would with all his might endeavour to do ; and that therefore seeing the malice and rancor rooted in the heart of mankind will not suffer them to diminish, by any new conceit of his, the number of them should never be increased.
Page 17 - My Lord, I have undertaken this long journey purposely to see your person, and to know by what engine of wit or ingenuity you came...
Page 16 - Marchiston, made public his logarithms, Mr Briggs, then reader of the astronomy lectures at Gresham College, in London, was so surprised with admiration of them, that he could have no quietness in himself until he had seen...
Page 17 - Napier was doubtful he would not come. It happened one day as John Marr and the lord Napier were speaking of Mr. Briggs ; ' Ah, John,' said Marchiston, ' Mr. Briggs will not now come.
Page 121 - I. The sine of the middle part is equal to the product of the tangents of the adjacent parts.
Page 20 - Minto, that he was interred in the Cathedral Church of St Giles at Edinburgh, on the...
Page 15 - Turks, without the hazard of one Christian. Of this it is said that (upon a wager) he gave proof upon a large plain in Scotland, to the destruction of a great many herds of cattle, and flocks of sheep, whereof some were distant from other half a mile on all sides, and some a whole mile.
Page 16 - Briggs purposely to be there when these two so learned persons should meet. Mr Briggs appoints a certain day when to meet at Edinburgh ; but, failing thereof, Merchiston was fearful he would not come. It happened one day as John Marr and the Lord Napier were speaking of Mr Briggs,