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 : Explaining the logarithms, with new indices; Nepair's rods or bones; making of movements, and the application of pendulums: with the projection of the sphere for an universal dyal, &c. Collected out of the notes and papers of Sir Jonas Moore. By Nicholas Stephenson.

Author/creator Moore, Jonas
Other author Briggs, Henry, 1561-1630.
Other author Stephenson, N. (Nicholas), fl. 1674-1680.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : printed and sold by Nathaniel Brooke at the Angel in Cornhil, 1674.
Description[12], 120, [98] p., [7] plates (2 folded) : tables
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Variant title Mathematical compendium
Variant title Useful practices in arithmetick, geometry, and astronomy, geography and navigation, embattelling, and quartering of armies, fortification and gunnery, gauging and dyalling.
Variant title Brigg's logarithms.
SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
General noteDedication signed: Nicholas Stephenson.
General notePlates pasted to verso of title page and A1r (latter plate is folded); plates inserted between A1v and A2r, A2v and A3r; plates pasted to last two blank leaves (last plate folded).
General note"Brigg's logarithms" has caption title, and follows p. 120 on ² B1r-² D3r.
General noteSignatures: A (italic)⁶ (A4 mis-signed A3) A-K⁶ ² B-² D¹² (-² C12) ² E-² F⁶ chi² .
General noteTables of "Parts proportional", "Artificial sines & tangents" and several miscellaneous subjects follow the logarithms on ² D3v-² F6v.
General noteReproduction of the original in the British Library.
References Wing (2nd ed.) M2572.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1930:13)
Stock numberCL0037000075 ProQuest Information and Learning. 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106

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