A mathematical compendium, or, Useful practices in arithmetick, geometry, and astronomy, geography and navigation, embattelling, and quartering of armies, fortification and gunnery, gauging and dyalling
Subtitle: explaining the logarithms, with new indices, Nepairs's rods or bones, making of movements, and the application of pendulums : with the projection of the sphere for an universal dyal, &c.
By: by Sir Jonas Moore ..
Contributors: Briggs, Henry, 1561-1630; Stephenson, N. fl. 1674-1680; Harford, Robert
Edition: The second edition with many large additions
Series: Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 721:12
Publisher: Printed for Robert Harford ...
Published: 1681
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: Ready-reckoners; Logarithms
Other titles: Useful practices in arithmetick, geometry, and astronomy; A mathematical compendium
Notes: Advertisement: p. [113]-[114] at end

Dedication signed: Robert Harford

Folded table mounted onto p. 1

"Brigg's logarithms" (caption title; t.p. lacking?): [66] p

"A table of artificial sines and tangents, for every degree and minute of the quadrant, fitted to the size of the logarithms. London : Printed for Robert Harford, 1679": [112] p. at end has special t.p. dated 1679

The first edition "collected out of the notes and papers of Sir Jonas Moore by Nicholas Stephenson" was published in 1674. cf. DNB

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library

Wing M2573

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1977. 1 microfilm reel. 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 721:12)

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