Sherwin, Henry
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Sherwin's mathematical tables, contriv'd after a most comprehensive method Containing, Dr. Wallis's account of logarithms, Dr. Halley's and Mr. Sharp's ways of constructing them; with Dr. Newton's contraction of briggs's logarithms, viz. A table of logarithms of the numbers from 1 to 101000, with the means to find readily the logarithm of any number, and the number of any logarithm, to seven places of figures: and tables of natural and logarithmic sines, tangents, secants and versed sines, to every minute of the quadrant: with the explication of use prefixed.
Date: 1761- Books
Sherwin's mathematical tables, : contrived in an easy and comprehensive manner, containing Dr. Wallis's account of logarithms, and various methods of computing them, according to the latest improvements, viz. A table of logarithms of numbers from 1 to 101000, with the means to find readily the logarithm of any number, or the number for the logarithm, to seven places of figures. And tables of natural and logarithmic sines, tangents, &c. To every degree and minute of the quadrant, by inspection, and with very little trouble (by help of proper multipliers) to every single second thereof. With the explication and use prefixed.
Date: M,DCC,LXXI. [1771]