Those learning and using mathematics have long consulted tables of numbers. The ancient Babylonians used clay tablets for this purpose. Papyrus, parchment, and paper all proved suitable for recording ...

THE object of the authors of this volume of mathematical tables is “to supply a comprehensive set of tables of the numerical values of the elementary functions which are in constant use in mathematics ...

Six years have elapsed since the publication of the fourth edition of these invaluable tables, and it is significant of the change in scientific outlook that the first page of the book is now devoted ...