Harriot's calculation of the meridional parts as logarithmic tangents

DOI10.1007/BF00327697zbMath0159.00701OpenAlexW2072236372MaRDI QIDQ2527932

Jon V. Pepper

Publication date: 1968

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00327697

zbMATH Keywords

logarithmic spirallogarithmic tangentsMercator's projectiontrue sea-chart

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40)

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