Paper, 'Hyperbolic logarithm of 10' by John Hellins
Reference number: L&P/10/139
Date: 24 June 1795
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Subject: Mathematics
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Mr. Jones's computation of the hyperbolic logarithm of 10 improved: being a transformation of the series which he used in that computation to others which converge by the powers of 8o. To which is added a postscript, containing an improvement of Mr. Emerson's computation of the same logarithm'
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- L&P/10/139
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- 24 June 1795
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- 3 pages
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John Hellins, Paper, 'Hyperbolic logarithm of 10' by John Hellins, 24 June 1795, L&P/10/139, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_139/paper-hyperbolic-logarithm-of-10-by-john-hellins, accessed on 14 June 2026
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VII. Mr. Jones's computation of the hyperbolic logarithm of 10 improved: being a transformation of the series which he used in that computation to others which converge by the powers of 8o. To which is added a postscript, containing an improvement of Mr. Emerson's computation of the same logarithm External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1796
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1796.0008
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