Artifact Details

Title

Five-figure mathematical tables : consisting of logs and cologs of numbers from 1 to 40,000 ... also, trigonometrical functions and their logs of angles from 0°-90° at intervals of 1 minute : with subsidiary tables

Catalog Number

B1007.98

Type

Document

Description

A table of contents is located immediately after the title page. This book also includes a handwritten letter to L. M. Milne-Thomson, from the author of the book, found on the front cover fly-leaf. There is also an attached editorial letter to the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, about the author's use of the Dupla machine, attached to the first fly-leaf. Underneath this attachment is a handwritten note which reads "L. M. Milne-Thomson with the author's compliments."

Date

1915

Author

Chappell, E. (Edwin)

Publisher

D. Van Nostrand Company

Place of Publication

New York

Identifying Numbers

Other number 102623458 Barcoded during processing

Extent

xvi, 320 p.

Dimensions

overall: 1 in x 6 1/2 in x 9 1/4 in

Category

Book

Collection Title

Gwen Bell artifact and book collection

Series Title

Algorithms, tables, and history of calculation books

Credit

The Gwen Bell Early Book Collection of Algorithms, Tables, and History of Calculations

Lot Number

X7090.2014