Logarithmotechnia or The Construction and Use of the Logarithmeticall Tables .... - BOUND WITH - A Logarithmeticall Table ....
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- Full contemporary calf.
- London: Miles Flesher, 1648
London: Miles Flesher, 1648. Third [ Second ] English Ed.. Full contemporary calf.. A very good copy; rebacked at some time in the 20th century; good margins throughout.. 12mo. There are text illus.. [ 8 ], 135, [ 1 ], [ 156 ], [ 38 ] pp..
Wingate's early and rare tract on logarithms bound with his table and a supplement by Cuslon for navigational observations to determine distance in latitude from port of departure. The tract is identified as being the third edtion, fully corrected by the author. Copies located all appear to lack the table (except the copy at MU) present here. The table , first printed with a French title and prelims. because of Wingate's residence in that country, is noted as being rare by Henderson. It was originally published in 1625; re-issued in 1626 with the table enlarged by the addition of sines and tangents and then in English the same year. A corrected edition was issued in English in 1635. It is this corrected table with an English fly title dated 1635 and no printer identified that is bound in here. It appears to have been re-set and corrected once again given the variant signing of the first two signatures of this copy when compared with the on line record of the BL and the fact that the errata of the orig. 1635 is not present. One assumes there would have been more errors located and the original identified errors corrected requiring some re-setting of type. The tract and table are bound with an additional set of tables entitled ' Certain Useful Tables ....' This is cited in Wing (`72) as a separate title entry (but without entry number) but is dropped in the `94 revision. The author citation is to a Phinehas Cuslon ( or Cosby as the title has it ) who apparently prepared these tables: proportional parts and tables of declination of the sun. These are dated 1660 and printed in London, ' ... for Ph. Stevens, at the Golden Lion in S. Pauls Church-yard ....'. The chief interest of the volume is historical; rare in trade. Wing # 3018A (1972 ed.) & STC # 25851.
Wingate's early and rare tract on logarithms bound with his table and a supplement by Cuslon for navigational observations to determine distance in latitude from port of departure. The tract is identified as being the third edtion, fully corrected by the author. Copies located all appear to lack the table (except the copy at MU) present here. The table , first printed with a French title and prelims. because of Wingate's residence in that country, is noted as being rare by Henderson. It was originally published in 1625; re-issued in 1626 with the table enlarged by the addition of sines and tangents and then in English the same year. A corrected edition was issued in English in 1635. It is this corrected table with an English fly title dated 1635 and no printer identified that is bound in here. It appears to have been re-set and corrected once again given the variant signing of the first two signatures of this copy when compared with the on line record of the BL and the fact that the errata of the orig. 1635 is not present. One assumes there would have been more errors located and the original identified errors corrected requiring some re-setting of type. The tract and table are bound with an additional set of tables entitled ' Certain Useful Tables ....' This is cited in Wing (`72) as a separate title entry (but without entry number) but is dropped in the `94 revision. The author citation is to a Phinehas Cuslon ( or Cosby as the title has it ) who apparently prepared these tables: proportional parts and tables of declination of the sun. These are dated 1660 and printed in London, ' ... for Ph. Stevens, at the Golden Lion in S. Pauls Church-yard ....'. The chief interest of the volume is historical; rare in trade. Wing # 3018A (1972 ed.) & STC # 25851.
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Title
Logarithmotechnia or The Construction and Use of the Logarithmeticall Tables .... - BOUND WITH - A Logarithmeticall Table ....
Author
[ Wingate, E ]
Binding
Full contemporary calf.
Condition
Good
Publisher
Miles Flesher: London
Date
1648
Edition
Third [ Second ] English Ed.