In such a way, with much trouble and labor, the whole Canon has been established. For many hundreds of years, up to now, our ancestors have been using this method because they were not able to invent a better one. However, this method is uncertain and dilapidated as well as cumbersome and laborious. Therefore we want to perform this in a different, better, more correct, easier and more cheerful way. And we want to point out now how all sines can be found without the troublesome inscription [of polygons], namely by dividing a right angle into as many parts as one desires.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "In such a way, with much trouble and labor, the whole Canon has been established. For many hundreds of years, up to now, our ancestors have been using this method because they were not able to invent a better one. However, this method is uncertain and dilapidated as well as cumbersome and laborious. Therefore we want to perform this in a different, better, more correct, easier and more cheerful way. And we want to point out now how all sines can be found without the troublesome inscription [of polygons], namely by dividing a right angle into as many parts as one desires." in the context of "Jost Bürgi, Fundamentum Astronomiae (1592) Chapter 10, on fol. 34r-v. As quoted by Menso Folkerts, Dieter Launert, Andreas Thom, "Jost Bürgi’s Method for Calculating Sines" (Feb 2, 2016) Version 2, p. 8, arXiv:1510.03180." to mean that wisdom is timeless.