(Einen rechten Winckell in also viel theile theilenn alß man will, vnnd aus demselben den Canonen Sinuum vermachenn.)" - Meaning and context.">
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As quoted by Menso Folkerts, "Eine bisher unbekannte Schrift von Jost Bürgi zur Trigonometrie" pp. 107–114. Arithmetik, Geometrie und Algebra in der frühen Neuzeit ed. R. Gebhardt (2014) Adam-Ries-Bund, Annaberg-Buchholz. Ref: Grégoire Nicollier, "How Bürgi computed the sines of all integer angles simultaneously in 1586" (2018) Math Semesterber (2018) Vol. 65, pp. 15–34.
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Divide a right angle in as many parts as you want and construct herefrom the sine table.
(Einen rechten Winckell in also viel theile theilenn alß man will, vnnd aus demselben den Canonen Sinuum vermachenn.)

— Jost Bürgi

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(Einen rechten Winckell in also viel theile theilenn alß man will, vnnd aus demselben den Canonen Sinuum vermachenn.)" in the context of "As quoted by Menso Folkerts, "Eine bisher unbekannte Schrift von Jost Bürgi zur Trigonometrie" pp. 107–114. Arithmetik, Geometrie und Algebra in der frühen Neuzeit ed. R. Gebhardt (2014) Adam-Ries-Bund, Annaberg-Buchholz. Ref: Grégoire Nicollier, "How Bürgi computed the sines of all integer angles simultaneously in 1586" (2018) Math Semesterber (2018) Vol. 65, pp. 15–34." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Jost Bürgi

About Jost Bürgi

Jost Bürgi (also Joost, Jobst; Latinized surname Burgius or Byrgius; 28 February 1552 – 31 January 1632), active primarily at the courts in Kassel and Prague, was a Swiss clockmaker, mathematician, and writer. Bürgi has been credited, independently of John Napier, as a co-inventor of logarithms.