The construction of the wonderful canon of logarithms

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Catalogue. 145
vse thereof in both kindes |
of Trigonometrie, as also in all
Mathematicall calculations. And Pvbli- 1 shed
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In Latin
By That Honorable
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L lohn Nepair, Ba- 1 of Marchiston,
and translated into
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by the late learned and famous
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Mathematician Edward Wright. an Addition of an In-
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strumentall Table] to finde the part proportionall, inuented by|
the Translator, and described in the end of the Booke by Henry
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Brigs Geometry-reader at Gresham- 1 house in London. All
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perused and approued by the Author, & pub-|lished since the
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death of the Translator.
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London, by Nicholas Okes.
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12°. Size 5j X 3| inches. K\^ Title. Ai^ blank. A2i-A3S 3 pages, " 7i r/^a
Right Honourable And Right Worshipfvll Company OfMerchants ofLondon trading to
the East-Indies, Samvel Wright viisheth all prosperiiie in this life, and hafpinesse in
the life to come." A32-A42, 3 pages, " To The Most Noble And Hopefvll Prince,
Charles : Onely Sonne Of the high and mightie lames by the grace of God, King
of ^eat Brittaine, France, and Ireland: Prince of Wales: Duke of Yorke and
Rothesay: Great Steward of Scotland: and Lord of the Islands." signed ^ lohn
Nepair.' AS, 2 pages, " The Authors Preface to the Admirable Table of Logarithmes,".
A6'-A8^, 6 pages, " The Preface To The Reader By Henry Brigges.",
signed ' H. Brigges.' A9, 2 pages, Lines, "In praise of the neuer-too-much
praised Worke and Authour the L. of Marchiston.", 54 lines, '^ By the vnfained
louer and admirer of his Art and matchlesscvertue, lohn Dauies of Hereford." Aio
cut out in all copies. Ai I, 2 pages, Lines, " In the iust praise of this Booke, Authour,
and Translator.", 49 lines, signed " Ri. Leuer." A12I, "A View Of This
Booke." Al2^, " Some faults haue escaped in printing of the Table, . , . .",
58 corrections are given. B1LC3I, pp. 1-29, "A Description Of The Admirable
Table Of Logarithmes, With The Most Plentiful, Easie, And Ready Vse thereof
in both kindes of Trigonometrie, as also in all Mathematicall Accounts. The First
Booke." Cf-'Z'^, pp. 30-89, " The Second Booke." E9^-I 6', 90 pages, The
Table. I &, blank. After I &, on a folding sheet, is an engraved diagram of the
"Triangular instrumentall Table." I 7'-IC2^ pp. 1-8, " The Vse Of The Triangular
Tablefor thefinding of the part Proportionall, penned by Henry Brigges.",
also on p. 8, " Errata in the Treatise.", 8 corrections.
Signatures. A to H in twelves + 1 in eight + K in tvjro = 106 - i = 105 leaves, A 10
being cut out. Leaves Eio and Eii have also been cut out, but in their place two
new leaves are inserted.
Paging. 22 + 89 numbered + 9H-8 numbered=2lo pages. Also plate following
Errors in Paging.
None.
The Table is to one place less than the Canon of 16 14, but the
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logarithms