 ... cosines, &c., themselves. When logarithms were invented they were called artificial numbers, and the originals for which logarithms were computed, were accordingly called natural numbers. Thus, in speaking of a table of sines, to express that it is...  Logarithms - Page 27by Henry Nathan Wheeler - 1882 - 43 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Augustus De Morgan - Algebra - 1849 - 192 pages
...more frequently give logarithms only than cosines, &c. themselves. When logarithms were invented, they were called artificial numbers; and the originals,...computed, were accordingly called natural numbers. Thus, in speaking of a table of sines, to express that it is not the logarithms of sines which are... | |
 | Thomas Liddell Ainsley - 1880 - 482 pages
...frequently give logarithms only than sines, cosines, &c., themselves. When logarithms were invented they were called artificial numbers, and the originals...computed, were accordingly called natural numbers. Thus, in speaking of a tuble of sines, to express that it is not the logarithms of the sines which... | |
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