Memoirs of John Napier of Merchiston : his lineage, life and times, with a history of the invention of logarithms /
Napier, Mark,1798-1879.
Wallace, William,1768-1843.On the burial place of John Napier of Merchiston.
Edinburgh : William Blackwood ; London : Thomas Cadell,
1834.
Copy contains an 8-page pamphlet, printed 1838, which consists of: p. [1] an invitation from Sir William Wallace, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh, to attend a meeting at the Royal Society of Edinburgh where plans to erect a memorial to John Napier will be discussed; pp. 2-7 the text of a paper by Wallace on the burial place of John Napier, originally read to the Society of Antiquaries on 9 May 1831.
With a holograph letter of Francis, 8th Lord Napier (1758-1823), dated 27 May, 1805, to Lord (Baron) Hawkesbury, Home Secretary and leader of the House of Lords, pasted into front.
Napier, John, 1550-1617.
Logarithms.