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ERIC Number: EJ172427
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Sixteenth-Century Astronomers had Prosthaphaeresis
Pierce, R. C.
Mathematics Teacher, 70, 7, 613-4, Oct 77
The use of trigonometry in making astronomical calculations prior to the invention of logarithms is discussed. (JT)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Computation, Mathematical Enrichment, Mathematics History, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Trigonometry
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Identifiers: Logarithms