The logarithmic tables of Edward Sang and his daughters

DOI10.1016/S0315-0860(02)00018-6zbMath1030.01023MaRDI QIDQ1399703

Alex D. D. Craik

Publication date: 30 July 2003

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

logarithms; mathematical tables; Edward Sang; Gaspard de Prony; Pierre Lefort; Scottish mathematics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

01A55: History of mathematics in the 19th century

65A05: Tables in numerical analysis

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