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And if any number of equals to a first sine be multiplied together…

Quote byJohn Napier · 1550–1617

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Construction of the Wonderful Canon of Logarithms (1889), Appendix, The relations of Logarithms & their natural numbers to each other.

English (original)

And if any number of equals to a first sine be multiplied together producing a second, just so many equals to the Logarithm of the first added together produce the Logarithm of the second.

— John Napier

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