Re: [HM] Bruhns's Logarithm Tables

Bill Everdell (Everdell@aol.com)
Wed, 14 Apr 1999 22:55:11 EDT

In a message dated 4/14/99 10:49:17 AM, jgc@adinet.com.uy writes:

<< The author in question is

Carl Christian Bruhns (1830-1881)

The first edition referred to above was published in 1870:

[1] (in German)
"Neues logarithmisch-trigonometrisches Handbuch auf sieben Decimalen",
bearbeitet von Dr. C. Bruhns, Leipzig: B. Tauchnitz, 1870.

[2] (in English)
"A new manual of logarithms to seven places of decimals", edited by
Dr. Bruhns, Sterotype edition, Leipzig: B. Tauchnitz, 1870.

[3] (in Italian)
"Nuovo manuale logaritmico-trigonometrico con sette decimali", opera
del Dre. C. Bruhns, Ed. stereotipa, Lipsia: B. Tauchnitz, 1870.

Julio Gonzalez Cabillon >>

I am delighted and amazed -- again. It often seems that what our netmaster
Julio Gonzalez Cabillon doesn't know is either not knowable or not worth
knowing.

Thank you. I return to lurking and learning.

-Bill Everdell, Brooklyn