Bibliography
- Briggs, Henry, Logarithmorum chilias prima, London, 1617.
- Briggs, Henry, Arithmetica logarithmica, London, 1624.
- Burn, R P, ‘Alphonse Antonio de Sarasa and logarithms’, Historia Mathematica, 28 (2001), 1–17.
- Cauchy, A-L, Cours d'analyse: analyse algébrique, Paris, 1821.
- Glaisher, J W L, ‘The earliest use of the radix method for calculating logarithms with historical notices relating to the contributions of Oughtred and others to mathematical notation’, Quarterly Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 46 (1915), 125–197.
- Hobson, E W, Napier and the invention of logarithms, Cambridge, 1914.
- Napier, John, Mirifici logarithmorum canonis descriptio, Edinburgh, 1614. [ This gives Napier's tables and explains how to use them.]
- Napier, John, and Wright, Edward, A description of the admirable table of logarithms with a declaration of the most plentiful, easie, and speedy use thereof in both kinds of trigonometry, translated into English by Edward Wright and approved by the author John Napier, with an addition of an instrumental table by Henry Briggs, London, 1616 and 1618.
- Napier, John, Mirifici logarithmorum canonis constructio, Edinburgh, 1619. [ This explains how Napier's logarithms were constructed. Latin text to be found at www.17centurymaths.com. English translation by William Rae Macdonald, London, 1889, The construction of the wonderful canon of logarithms. Reprinted 1966.]
- Naux, C, Histoires des logarithmes, Paris: Blanchard, 1971.
- Speidell, John, New logarithmes, London, 1619. [ Fresh impressions each year until 1630. From 1622, printed with an additional table resembling natural logarithms.]
- Speidell, John, Brief treatise on spherical triangles, London, 1627.
- Whiteside, D T, ‘And John Napier invented logarithms’, BSHM Bulletin, 29 (2014), 154–166.
![Supercharge Your Next Research Paper: Research and write your next paper with Jenni AI.]({"type":"image" , "src" : "/sda/112447/MPU-L1HU.png"})