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Mathematical Treasure: Matthias Bernegger's Mathematical Manual of Tables
Matthias Bernegger (1582–1640) of Strasbourg corresponded with scientists such as Johannes Kepler and Wilhelm Schickard, translated works by Galileo, and prepared this 1619 3-volume Manuale mathematicum, darinn begriffen die tabulae sinuum, tangentiũ, secantium. . . . Note that he wrote in German.
The book provides tables of sines, tangents, secants, squares, and cubics, among other instructional material for surveyors and lovers of mathematics.
The full text can be read online in the Hathi Trust Digital Library as well as the Digital Public Library of America.
Frank J. Swetz (The Pennsylvania State University), "Mathematical Treasure: Matthias Bernegger's Mathematical Manual of Tables," Convergence (July 2021)
