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" My lord, I have undertaken this long journey purposely to see your person, and to know by what engine of wit or ingenuity you came first to think of this most excellent help into astronomy, viz. the logarithms ; but, my lord, being by you found out,... "
Elementary Arithmetic: With Brief Notices of Its History - Page 8
by Robert Potts - 1876
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The Lives of Those Eminent Antiquaries Elias Ashmole, Esquire, and Mr ...

Elias Ashmole - 1774 - 422 pages
...Mr. Briggs began. ' My Lord, I have undertaken this ' long journey purpofely to fee your per' fon, and to know by what engine of ' wit or ingenuity you came firft to think ' of this moft excellent help unto aftro' nomy, viz. the Logarithms ; but, my * Lord,...
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An Account of the Life, Writings, and Inventions of John Napier, of Merchiston

David Stewart Erskine Earl of Buchan, Walter Minto - 1787 - 164 pages
...laft Mr Briggs began. " My " Lord I have undertaken this long journey purpofely to fee your per" fon, and to know by what engine of wit or ingenuity you came firft w to think of this moft excellent help unto Aftronomy, viz. the Loga" rithms ; but My Lord, being...
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The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 6

1787 - 530 pages
...Briggs began. " My Lord, •' I have undertaken this long jour" ney purpofely to fee your perfon, " and to know by what engine of " wit or ingenuity you came firft " to think of this moil excellent " help unto Aftronomy, viz. theLo" garithms; but My Lord, being...
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Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts ..., Volume 12, Part 2

Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 460 pages
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The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners : with Strictures ..., Volume 15

1802 - 442 pages
...Gresham college, Henry Briggs, who addressed him, on their first meeting, in the following words : — ' My Lord, I have undertaken this long journey purposely...you came first to think of this most excellent help to astronomy, viz. the logarithms. But, my Lord, being by you found out, I wonder nobody else found...
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A Journey from Edinburgh Through Parts of North Britain, Volume 1

Alexander Campbell - 1802 - 496 pages
...the following words : " My Lord, I have undertaken " this long journey purpofely to fee your perfon, and to know " by what engine of wit or ingenuity you came firft to think of " this moft excellent help unto aftronomy, viz. the Logarythms: " but, my Lord, being...
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A Journey from Edinburgh Through Parts of North Britain: Containing Remarks ...

Alexander Campbell - 1802 - 504 pages
...the following words : " My Lord, I have undertaken " this long journey purpofely to fee your perfon, and to know " by what engine of wit or ingenuity you came firft to think of " this moft excellent help unto aftronomy, viz. the Logarythms: ** but, my Lord,...
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The Beauties of Scotland: Containing a Clear and Full Account of the ...

Robert Forsyth - 1805 - 584 pages
...up to the baron's chamber, where almost one quarter of an hour was spent, each beholding the other with admiration before one word was spoken. At last Mr Briggs began : ' Sir, I have undertaken this long jour, ney purposely to see your person, and to know by what engine...
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The Beauties of Scotland: Containing a Clear and Full Account of ..., Volume 3

Robert Forsyth - 1806 - 604 pages
...each beholding the other with admiration before one word was spoken. At last Mr Briggs began : ' Sir, I have undertaken this long journey purposely to see...you came first to think of this most excellent help into astronomy, viz. the logarithms ; but, Sir, being by you found out, I wonder nobody else found...
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The Beauties of Scotland: Containing a Clear and Full Account of the ...

Robert Forsyth - 1806 - 604 pages
...beholding the other with admiration before one word was spoken. At last Mi Briggs began : ' Sir, I hnve undertaken this long journey purposely to see your...you came first to think of this most excellent help into astronomy, viz,, the logarithmi; but, Sir, being by you found out, I wonder nobody else found...
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