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Re: First sine table (Ptolemy)
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2009 Jan 25, 12:50 -0700

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 7:33 PM, James N Wilson  wrote:
>
> Were infinite series used in the initial creation of tables? I find in my
> ancient college handbook listings of series for just about everything,
> including the trigonometric functions.

An English translation of Napier's explanation of the creation of the
original logarithm tables may be found on Google Books.

It is titled:

The Construction of the Wonderful Canon of Logarithms By John Napier,
William Rae Macdonald



http://books.google.com/books?id=Zlu4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA91&dq=Napier+logarithm&as_brr=1&ei=EsJ8SYq_MITMlQTjkYTcBg#PPA1,M1

Dan

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