Barlow's Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots, Reciprocals, and Logarithms
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Barlow's Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots, Reciprocals, and Logarithms is a classic 19th-century mathematical reference work providing extensive numerical tables used for calculation before the advent of electronic computers.
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| instanceOf |
mathematical reference work
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numerical table collection ⓘ |
| audience |
engineers
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mathematicians ⓘ scientists ⓘ |
| author | Peter Barlow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
logarithmic tables
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mathematical tables ⓘ |
| computationalMethod | table lookup ⓘ |
| contains |
tables of cube roots
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tables of cubes ⓘ tables of logarithms ⓘ tables of reciprocals ⓘ tables of square roots ⓘ tables of squares ⓘ |
| field |
mathematics
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numerical analysis ⓘ |
| historicalEra | pre-electronic computing ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | important reference for pre-computer numerical work ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | printed book ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Peter Barlow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| purpose | to facilitate numerical computation ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
digital computers
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electronic calculators ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfUse |
19th century
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early 20th century ⓘ |
| use |
engineering computation
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manual calculation ⓘ scientific computation ⓘ |
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Peter Barlow
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Barlow's Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots, Reciprocals, and Logarithms
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Barlow's Tables of mathematical functions
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Barlow's Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots, Reciprocals, and Logarithms
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Barlow's Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots, Reciprocals, and Logarithms (1814)