Paper, 'Logarithmotechnia generalis' [General logarithm techniques] by Jo [John] Craig
Reference number: CLP/1/37
Date: 1711
Description
Craig creates a general method for calculating logarithms, based on the work of Nepairi [John Napier] and Henry Sherwin.
Subject: Mathematics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Logarithmotechnia generalis'.
Read to the Royal Society on 5 April 1711.
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- CLP/1/37
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- 1711
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Craig, Paper, 'Logarithmotechnia generalis' [General logarithm techniques] by Jo [John] Craig, 1711, CLP/1/37, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_1_37/paper-logarithmotechnia-generalis-general-logarithm-techniques-by-jo-john-craig, accessed on 15 March 2025
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Date: 31st December 1710
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1710.0012
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Classified papers: volume 1 concerning 'Arithmetick, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry'
1669-1731 Reference number: CLP/1
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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