Mathematician:John Speidell

Mathematician

English mathematician known for his early work on the calculation of logarithms.

Nationality

English

History

• Flourished 1600 -- 1634

Publications

• 1619: New Logarithmes
  • 1622: New Logarithmes, 2nd ed.
• 1628: An Arithmeticall Extraction

Sources

• 2008: Ian Stewart: Taming the Infinite ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $5$: Eternal Triangles: Base ten logarithms