Footnote: Bürgi invented the logarithms in the 1580s, but... published his table... not before 1620.
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Jost Bürgi... invented logarithms independently of John Napier...
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Source: Wikiquote: "Jost Bürgi" (Quotes about Bürgi, "Jost Bürgi’s Method for Calculating Sines" (Feb 2, 2016): by Menso Folkerts, Dieter Launert, Andreas Thom, Version 2, p. 8, arXiv:1510.03180.)
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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.
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.
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