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_aHutton, Charles, _d1737-1823, _eauthor. |
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_aMathematical tables : _bcontaining common, hyperbolic, and logistic logarithms / _cCharles Hutton, Olinthus Gregory. |
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_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012. |
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_a1 online resource (lxviii, 368 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s). |
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_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia |
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_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier |
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| 490 | 1 | _aCambridge library collection. Mathematics | |
| 500 | _aOriginally published in London by Longman and Co. in 1858. | ||
| 500 | _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). | ||
| 520 | _aPrior to the advent of computers, no mathematician, physicist or engineer could do without a volume of tables of logarithmic and trigonometric functions. These tables made possible certain calculations which would otherwise be impossible. Unfortunately, carelessness and lazy plagiarism meant that the tables often contained serious errors. Those prepared by Charles Hutton (1737-1823) were notable for their reliability and remained the standard for a century. Hutton had risen, by mathematical ability, hard work and some luck, from humble beginnings to become a professor of mathematics at the Royal Military Academy. His mathematical work was distinguished by utility rather than originality, but his contributions to the teaching of the subject were substantial. This seventh edition was published in 1858 with additional material by Olinthus Gregory (1774-1841). The preliminary matter will be of interest to any modern-day reader who wishes to know how calculation was done before the electronic computer. | ||
| 650 | 0 | _aLogarithms. | |
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_aMathematics _vTables. |
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_aGregory, Olinthus, _d1774-1841, _eauthor. |
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_iPrint version: _z9781108054027 |
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_aCambridge library collection. _pMathematics. |
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