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Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird somit sein zweites Bet\u00e4tigungsfeld in den Vordergrund ger\u00fcckt. -- Eine allgemeine Einleitung sowie Prinzipien der sph\u00e4rischen Trigonometrie leiten \u00fcber zu 3 Napiers Voraussetzungen mit R\u00fcckgriff auf dem Almagest des Ptolemaios und auf Regiomontans De triangulis omnimodis libri quinque; hierbei geht es um die damalige Terminologie und Rechentechnik, wo der Radius R als sechs mal Zehner-Potenz oder als Zehner-Potenz dastand und f\u00fcr seinerzeitige Winkelfunktionen auch andere Namen als heute gebraucht wurden; erst seit Euler werden trigonometrische Ergebnisse nicht mehr als Strecken aufgefa\u00dft. -- 4 Logarithmen und Trigonometrie: ``Zur Vereinfachung von Rechnungen \\(\\dots\\) erfand John Napier den Logarithmus -- und benannte ihn auch so. Er publizierte sowohl sein Logarithmensystem als auch seine Trigonometrie'', and zwar in der Mirifici logarithmorum canonis constructio, Edinburgh 1614, sowie in der Mirifici logarithmorum canonis constructio, Edinburgh 1619. ``Die gemeinsame Ver\u00f6ffentlichung von Logarithmen und Trigonometrie erkl\u00e4rt sich dadurch, dass Napier in der Trigonometrie die Hauptanwendung des logarithmischen Rechnens sieht. Sein Ziel ist es, durchgehend logarithmische Berechnungen in der sph\u00e4rischen Trigonometric zu erm\u00f6glichen. Dazu muss er deren Formeln so umgestalten, dass darin nur noch Produkte und Quotienten von Werten trigonometrischer Funktionen auftreten \\(\\dots\\) Nach Anwendung des Logarithmus reduziert sich dann die Rechnung auf Additionen und Subtraktionen.'' (S. 220) -- In 5 Die Napierschen Regeln werden diese gem\u00e4\u00df\\ den aus der Constructio und aus der Descriptio hergeleiteten S\u00e4tzen im Detail verifiziert. Die vorangegangene Bemerkung ``Braunm\u00fchl sagt zurecht, dass Napier die sph\u00e4rische Trigonometrie vollst\u00e4ndig reorganisiert hat. Freilich leidet diese Reorganisation teilweise darunter, dass sich Napier auch noch der Prosthaph\u00e4rese verpflichtet f\u00fchlt.'' 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