The logarithmic tables of Edward Sang and his daughters

DOI10.1016/S0315-0860(02)00018-6zbMath1030.01023OpenAlexW2017313734MaRDI QIDQ1399703

Alex D. D. Craik

Publication date: 30 July 2003

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0315-0860(02)00018-6

zbMATH Keywords

logarithmsmathematical tablesEdward SangGaspard de PronyPierre LefortScottish mathematics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Tables in numerical analysis (65A05)

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• Work for the Hairdressers: The Production of de Prony's Logarithmic and Trigonometric Tables
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