 | James Mitchell - 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 798
...Briggs, in a letter to Archbishop Usher, March 10th, 1615, writes thus: " Napier, Lord of Markinston, hath set my head and hands at work, with his new and admirable logarithms. I hojie to see him this summer, if it please God; for I never saw a book which pleased me better, and... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - عدد الصفحات: 820
...in a letter to archbishop I'sher, in 1615, he writes thus: — 'Napier, baron of JNIerchiston, liath set my head and hands at work with his new and admirable...which pleased me better, and made me more wonder.' Kepler dedicated his Ephemerides to Napier, in 1617; and it appears, from many passages in his letter,... | |
 | John Napier - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 290
...of the Greek philosophers, he adds, " Napper, Lord of Markinston, hath set my head and hands a-work with his new and admirable Logarithms : I hope to...him this summer, if it please God ; for I never saw book which pleased me better, or made me more wonder : I purpose to discourse with him concerning eclipses,... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1809 - عدد الصفحات: 752
...thus of it in the letter above-mentioned. " Naper, Lord of Markiston, hath set my bead and hands to work with his new and admirable logarithms.— I hope to see him this stimmer, if it please God ; for I never •aw a book which pleased me better, and made me more wonder.J... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science. Committee on mathematical tables, British association for the advancement of science, James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, Arthur Cayley, G. G. Stokes, W. Thomson, H.J.S. Smith - 1873 - عدد الصفحات: 186
...at Oxford, admired this work so much that he resolved to visit Napier. " Naper, lord of Markinston, hath set my head and hands at work with his new and...which pleased me better, and made me more wonder." This he says in a letter to Usher (Usher's ' Letters/ p. 36, according to Ward). Briggs accordingly... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1876 - عدد الصفحات: 392
...(afterwards Archbishop) Usher, of the date of 10th March, 1615, he writes: "Napier, lord of Markinston, hath set my head and hands at work with his new and...book which pleased me better and made me more wonder. I purpose to discourse with him concerning eclipses, for what is there we may not hope for at his hands."... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1876 - عدد الصفحات: 389
...(afterwards Archbishop) Usher, of the date of 10th March, 1615, he writes: "Napier, lord of Markinston, hath set my head and hands at work with his new and...book which pleased me better and made me more wonder. I purpose to discourse with him concerning eclipses, for what is there we may not hope for at his hands,"... | |
 | 1888 - عدد الصفحات: 924
...Qresham House, March 10, 1615, Briggs wrote, "Napper, lord of Markinston, hath set my head and hands a work with his new and admirable logarithms. I hope...him this summer, if it please God, for I never saw book which pleased me better, or made me more wonder.5 I purpose to discourse with him 1 The full titlo... | |
 | 1890 - عدد الصفحات: 944
...Oresham House, March 10, 1615, Briggs wrote, " Napper, lord of Markinston, hath set my head and hands a work with his new and admirable logarithms. I hope...him this summer, if it please God, for I never saw book which pleased me better, or made me more wonder.' I purpose to discourse with him 1 The. fall... | |
 | Florian Cajori - 1896 - عدد الصفحات: 324
...70439564 67562746 65331315 70439560 67562739 65331304 4 7 11 9999996 9999993 9999989 57 56 55 inston, hath set my head and hands at work with his new and...pleased me better and made me more wonder." Briggs was an able mathematician, and was one of the few men of that time who did not believe in astrology.... | |
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Napier lord of Markinston, hath set my head and hands at work with his new and admirable logarithms. I hope to see him this summer, if it please God ; for I never saw a book which pleased me better, and made me more wonder. 
