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Description:Excerpt from Memoirs of John Napier of Merchiston, His Lineage, Life and Times: With a History of the Invention of LogarithmsShe had collected, she and my father invited him to come and live with them at Madura early in 1783, and there introduced him to all the Brahmins and other literary natives who resided at that place. No life of Napier, however, was destined to result from these spirited proceedings, which gave rise to the celebrated Mac kenzie Collection and, Sir Alexander adds in his evidence, the Marquis of Hastings purchased the whole collection for the East India Company from Colonel Mackenzie's widow for L. And thereby preserved for the British Government the most.valu able materials which could be procured for writing an authentic history of the British empire in India. Unfortunately the papers of the Honourable Mrs Johnston were also consumed by fire, an element that has been severe upon the materials for our Philosopher's biography. The late Earl of Buchan, ' towards the close of last cen tury, put together a few quarto pages of meagre and inaccurate bio graphy, which he called the Life of Napier, and to this was added an able but dry analysis of his published mathematical inventions by Dr Minto. This work has done more harm than good to the sub ject, as, from its imposing shape and title, it has given rise to a vague impression that nothing further could be known or said about Na pier, and may have deterred others, better qualified for the task than I can pretend to be, from exerting themselves to do justice to his memory.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Memoirs of John Napier of Merchiston, His Lineage, Life and Times: With a History of the Invention of Logarithms (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Memoirs of John Napier of Merchiston, His Lineage, Life and Times: With a History of the Invention of Logarithms (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Memoirs of John Napier of Merchiston, His Lineage, Life and Times: With a History of the Invention of LogarithmsShe had collected, she and my father invited him to come and live with them at Madura early in 1783, and there introduced him to all the Brahmins and other literary natives who resided at that place. No life of Napier, however, was destined to result from these spirited proceedings, which gave rise to the celebrated Mac kenzie Collection and, Sir Alexander adds in his evidence, the Marquis of Hastings purchased the whole collection for the East India Company from Colonel Mackenzie's widow for L. And thereby preserved for the British Government the most.valu able materials which could be procured for writing an authentic history of the British empire in India. Unfortunately the papers of the Honourable Mrs Johnston were also consumed by fire, an element that has been severe upon the materials for our Philosopher's biography. The late Earl of Buchan, ' towards the close of last cen tury, put together a few quarto pages of meagre and inaccurate bio graphy, which he called the Life of Napier, and to this was added an able but dry analysis of his published mathematical inventions by Dr Minto. This work has done more harm than good to the sub ject, as, from its imposing shape and title, it has given rise to a vague impression that nothing further could be known or said about Na pier, and may have deterred others, better qualified for the task than I can pretend to be, from exerting themselves to do justice to his memory.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Memoirs of John Napier of Merchiston, His Lineage, Life and Times: With a History of the Invention of Logarithms (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Memoirs of John Napier of Merchiston, His Lineage, Life and Times: With a History of the Invention of Logarithms (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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