The construction of the wonderful canon of logarithms

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Logarithms,
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Catalogue. i
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There are two noticeable varieties of this edition, the one with an
Admonitio printed on mr^, the back of the last page of the table, the
other with-that page blank. In general the former variety has the error
in paging before mentioned, while the latter has the paging correct.
There are also, however, copies which want the Admonitio but have the
error in paging, for instance, one of the copies in the Bodleian and the
copy in University College, London. A translation of the Admonitio
referred to above is given in the Notes, page 87.
A specimen page of the table is given opposite, and a full description
of its arrangement will be found in section 59 of the Constructio.
Libraries.
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; Hunt. Mus. Gl. ; Un. Ab.
Brit. Mus. Lon. (2); Roy. See. Lon. ; Bodl. Oxf. (3); Un. Camb. ; Trin.
Col. Dub. (2);
(2.) Without Admonitio. Adv. Ed. ; Un. Gl. (2)
; Un. Col. Lon. (see note)
Bodl. Oxf. (see note)
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A reprint of the
Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio
is contained in
Scriptores Logarithmici ;|or|A Collection |
of Several Curious
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Tracts on the (Nature And Construction] of [men-
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tioned in Dr Hutton's Historical Introduction to his New] Edition
of Sherwin's Mathematical Tables :] together with] Some
Tracts on the Binomial Theorem and other subjects [connected
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with the Doctrine of Logarithms. Volume
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London. Printed by R. Wilks, in Chancery-Lane
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and sold
by J.
White, in Fleet-Street. |
MDCCCVII.
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The work, Scriptores Logarithmici, consists of six large quarto volumes,
and was compiled by Baron Francis Maseres. The volumes
appeared in the years 1791, 1791, 1796, 1801, 1804, and 1807 respect-
S 2 ively.