Mathematical Tables;: Containing the Common, Hyperbolic, and Logistic Logarithms, Also Sines, Tangents, Secants, & Versed-sines Both Natural and Logarithmic. Together with Several Other Tables Useful in Mathematical Calculations. To which is Prefixed a Large and Original History of the Discoveries and Writings Relating to Those Subjects; with the Complete Description and Use of the Tables

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F. C. and J. Rivington; Wilkie and Robinson; J. Walker; Lackington, Allen, and Company; Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; C. Law; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown; Black, Parry, and Kingsbury; J. Richardson; L.B. Seeley; J. Murray; R. Baldwin; Sherwood, Neely and Jones; Gale and Curtis; J. Johnson and Company; and G. Robinson., 1811 - Mathematics - 133 pages
 

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