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An account of the life, writings, and inventions of John Napier of Merchiston
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John Napier of Merchiston.
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To the king.
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Advertisement.
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An account of the life, writings, and inventions, of John Napier of Merchiston.
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Section I. Concerning arithmetic.
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Section II. Napier's bones.
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Section III. Napier's theory of the logarithms.
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Section IV. Napier's method of constructing the logaritmic canon.
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Section V. The common logarithms devised by Napier and prepared by Briggs [...].
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Section VI. The improvements made on the logarithms.
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Section VII. The use of the logarithms.
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Section VIII. Napier's improvements in the theory of trigonometry.
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Appendix.
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List of books, quoted or consulted, to elucidate the life and writings, of John Napier of Merchiston.
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[Plates.]
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