Halley, Cotes, and the nautical meridian

DOI10.1006/hmat.1995.1002zbMath0821.01014OpenAlexW2085104684MaRDI QIDQ1842105

Ronald Gowing

Publication date: 25 September 1995

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/hmat.1995.1002

zbMATH Keywords

Gregorylogarithmic spiralloxodromeWallisLeibnizlongitudeStevinEdmund HalleyRoger Cotes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45)

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