WINGATE, Edmund
£2,950 · Offered by Sokol Books
A very good copy of the third edition of this rare work on logarithms. In 1624, when Wingate was in France, he produced a short tract on logarithms in which he indicates: I had the happinesse to be the first transporter of the use of these inventions into those parts. In 1626, he translated his French work into English and it became the first edition of this book. In the preface he indicates that it is nothing more than a condensation of the work of Henry Briggs Arithmetic logarithmica, which he must have acquired shortly before he left London as it was only published in 1624. This is the third edition (all of them edited by Wingate). It consists of a series of twenty-eight problems covering everything from simple multiplication to spherical geometry, followed by an appendix containing another forty-six problems in which he briefly discusses, usually in one sentence, the rule for finding the answer. The tables were apparently printed separately, perhaps for a French edition in 1635. They have French titles on both the tables and the column headings. The paper also has a different watermark from that used to print the text. Wingate s work on arithmetic Of natural and artificial arithmetick was used in many English schools and remained in print for more than a century. It established Wingate s name as a writer of texts and did more for his reputation than any of his more advanced works on logarithms or instruments. Wingate was born in Yorkshire and studied law at Oxford. Althou
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