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A52264 Institutio mathematica, or, A mathematical institution shewing the construction and use of the naturall and artificiall sines, tangents, and secants in decimal numbers, and also of the table of logarithms in the general solution of any triangle, whether plain or spherical, with their more particular application in astronomie, dialling, and navigation / by John Newton. Newton, John, 1622-1678. 1654 (1654) Wing N1061; ESTC R20441 128,229 417

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