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AT the end of Hutton's “ Mathematical Tables ” (new edition, 1858, Longmans and Co., London) there is a very useful table containing the logarithms of certain constants frequently used in calculation. The tropical revolution of the earth in days is there given as 365.24226, and the logarithm of this most important constant is given as 2.5625910 instead of 2.5625810.
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HALL, M. Error in Hutton's Tables of Logarithms. Nature 28, 225 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/028225d0
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