Newerfundner Gebrauch eines Niderländischen Instruments zu Abmessen und Grundlegen mit sehr geschwindem Vortheil zu practiciern…

by Johannes Faulhaber

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First edition

One folding engraved plate. 6 pp. Small 4to, attractive modern marbled boards, leather lettering-piece on spine. Augsburg: D. Francken, 1610. First edition and very rare. Faulhaber 1580-1635 , a teacher of mathematics at Ulm and a friend of Kepler, made his most lasting accomplishments in the dissemination and explanation of the logarithmic method of calculation. This is Faulhaber’s second book and caused him considerable problems with

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