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THE book by Mr. M'Aulay is of a very handy size, specially adapted for the pocket. The author, in the preliminary pages, explains the general properties of logarithms and the use of the tables which follow. The tables themselves comprise, first, an ordinary four-figure table of logarithms of numbers, occupying two pages, and without the usual antilogarithms. Next, a five-figure table of logarithms of numbers from 0 to 100,000, with a complete set of proportional parts or differences; these take up thirty-six pages. Then comes the second principal table of the book, giving the logarithmic sines, cosines, tangents, and cotangents of angles for each minute, with differences for intervals of ten seconds. Some subsidiary tables and useful numbers follow, very much condensed, so as not materially to add to the size of the book.
Five Figure Logarithmic and other Tables.
By Alex. M'Aulay Pp. xl + 161. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1903.) Price 2s. 6d.
Siebenstellige Logarithmen und Antilogarithmen.
By O. Dietrichkeit. Pp. 64. (Berlin: Julius Springer, 1903.) Price 3 marks.
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Five Figure Logarithmic and other Tables Siebenstellige Logarithmen und Antilogarithmen . Nature 68, 388 (1903). https://doi.org/10.1038/068388a0
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