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Any desired geometrical mean between two sines has for its Logarithm…

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)

Any desired geometrical mean between two sines has for its Logarithm the corresponding arithmetical mean between the Logarithms of the sines.

— John Napier

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