Henry Briggs
English mathematician
Henry Briggs was an English mathematician notable for changing the original logarithms invented by John Napier into common logarithms, which are sometimes known as Briggsian logarithms in his honour. Wikipedia
Born: February 1, 1561, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Died: January 26, 1630 (age 68 years), Oxford, United Kingdom
Education: St John's College (1585), St John's College (1577–1581), and University of Cambridge
Books: Arithmetica logarithmica, Trigonometria Britannica: Sive De Doctrina Triangvlorvm Libri Dvo : Quorum Prior Continet Constructionem Canonis Sinuum Tangentium & Secantium : a Henrico Briggio Compositus : Posterior Verò Usum Sive Applicationem Canonis in Resolutione Triangulorum Tam Planorum Quam Sphaericorum E Geometricis Fundamentis : Exhibet: Ab Henrico Gellibrand Constructus, Mathematical Tables: Contrived After a Most Comprehensive Method: Viz, a Table of Logarithms, from 1 to 101000. To which is Added (upon the Same Page) the Differences and Proportional Parts, Whereby the Logarithm of Any Number Under 10,000,000 May be Easily Found. Tables of Natural Sines, Tangents, and Secants ... Tables of Natural Versed Sines ... With Their Construction and Use, and more
Known for: Briggsian logarithm; Long division
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