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Publication of Arithmetica Logarithmica
- When
- 1624
- Where
- London
Briggs published his folio work in London in 1624, containing high-precision logarithmic tables for specific ranges of natural numbers.
The 1624 London publication presented logarithms for thirty thousand natural numbers to fourteen decimal places. The tables covered the ranges 1-20,000 and 90,001 to 100,000, marking a key moment in the dissemination of Briggsian logarithms.
Sources
- Henry Briggs (mathematician) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-02
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