See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

HENRY See also:

• BRIGGS, CHARLES AUGUSTUS (1841– )
• HENRY BRIGGS (1556–1630)

BRIGGS (1556–1630)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English mathematician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Watley See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

Wood, near See also:

• HALIFAX
• HALIFAX, CHARLES MONTAGUE, EARL OF (1661–1715)
• HALIFAX, GEORGE MONTAGU DUNK, 2ND EARL OF (1716-1771)
• HALIFAX, GEORGE SAVILE, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1633-1695)

Halifax, in See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire . He graduated at St See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, in 1581, and obtained a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow-See also:

• SHIP

ship in 1588 . In 1592 he was made reader of the See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical lecture founded by Dr See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• LINACRE (or LYNAKER), THOMAS (c. 146o-1524)

Linacre, and in 1596 first See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• GEOMETRY

geometry in See also:

• GRESHAM, SIR THOMAS (1519-1579)
• GRESHAM, WALTER QUINTON (1832-1895)

Gresham See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House (afterwards College), See also:

• LONDON

London . In his lectures at Gresham House he proposed the alteration of the See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale of logarithms from the hyperbolic See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form which John See also:

• NAPIER
• NAPIER, JOHN (1550-1617)
• NAPIER, SIR CHARLES (1786-1860)
• NAPIER, SIR CHARLES JAMES (1782-1853)
• NAPIER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS PATRICK (1785-1860)

Napier had given them, to that in which unity is assumed as the See also:

• LOGARITHM (from Gr. Abyos, word, ratio, and apx0µos, number)

logarithm of the ratio of ten to one; and soon afterwards he wrote to the inventor on the subject . In 1616 he paid a visit to Napier at See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to discuss the suggested See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change; and next See also:

• YEAR

year he repeated his visit for a similar purpose . During these conferences the alteration proposed by See also:

• BRIGGS, CHARLES AUGUSTUS (1841– )
• BRIGGS, HENRY (1556–1630)

Briggs was agreed upon; and on his return from his second visit to Edinburgh in 1617 he accordingly published the first chiliad of his logarithms . (See NAPIER, JoHN.) In 1619 he was appointed Savilian professor of geometry at See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, and resigned his professorship of Gresham College on the 25th of See also:

• JULY

July 162o . Soon after his See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement at Oxford he was incorporated See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of arts . In 1622 he published a small See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract on the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Passage to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Seas, through the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

Continent of See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia and See also:

• HUDSON
• HUDSON, GEORGE (180o-1871)
• HUDSON, HENRY
• HUDSON, JOHN (1662–1719)

Hudson's See also:

• BAY

Bay; and in 1624 his Arithmetica Logarithmica, in See also:

• FOLIO (properly the ablative case of the Lat. folium, leaf, but also frequently an adaptation of the Ital. foglio)

folio, a See also:

• WORK

work containing the logarithms of See also:

• THIRTY

thirty thousand natural See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers to fourteen places of figures besides the See also:

• INDEX

index . He also completed a table of logarithmic sines and tangents for the hundredth See also:

• PART

part of every degree to fourteen places of figures besides the index, with a table of natural sines to fifteen places, and the tangents and secants for the same to ten places; all of which were printed at See also:

• GOUDA (or TER GouwE)

Gouda in 1631 and published in 1633 under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of Trigonometria Britannica (see TABLE, MATHEMATICAL) . Briggs died on the 26th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 163o, and was buried in Merton College See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel, Oxford . Dr See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith, in his Lives of the Gresham Professors, characterizes him as a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of See also:

• GREAT

great probity, a contemner of riches, and contented with his own station, preferring a studious retirement to all the splendid circumstances of See also:

• LIFE

life .

His See also:

• WORKS

works are : A Table to find the Height of the See also:

• POLE (FAMILY)
• POLE, REGINALD (1500-1558)
• POLE, RICHARD DE LA (d. 1525)
• POLE, WILLIAM (1814—1900)

Pole, the Magnetical See also:

• DECLINATION (from Lat. declinare, to decline)

Declination being given (London, 1602, 4t0); " Tables for the Improvement of See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

Navigation," printed in the second edition of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• WRIGHT, CARROLL DAVIDSON (1840-1909)
• WRIGHT, CHAUNCEY (1830-1875)
• WRIGHT, JOSEPH (1734-1797)
• WRIGHT, SILAS (1795-1847)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1809–1884)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1810—1877)
• WRIGHT, WILLIAM ALDIS (1836– )

Wright's See also:

• TREATISE

treatise entitled Certain Errors in Navigation detected and corrected (London, 1610, 4t0) ; A Description of an Instrumental Table to find the part proportional, devised by Mr Edward Wright (London, 1616 and 1618, I2mo) ; Logarithmorum Chilias prima (London, 1617, 8vo); Lucubrationes et Annotations in See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera posthuma J . Neperi(Edinburgh, 1619, 4to) ; Euclidis Elementorum VI. libri priores (London, 162o, folio) ; A Treatise on the North- West Passage to the South See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea (London, 1622, 4to), reprinted in See also:

• PURCHAS, SAMUEL (1575?-1626)

Purchas's Pilgrims, vol. iii. p . 852; Arithmetica Logarithmica (London, 1624, folio) ; Trigonometria Britannica (Goudae, 1663, folio) ; two Letters to See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

Archbishop See also:

• USHER (O. Fr. ussier, uissier, mod. huissier, from Lat. ostiarius, a door-keeper, ostium, doorway, entrance, os, mouth)
• USHER (or USSHER), JAMES (1581-1656)

Usher; Mathematica ab Antiquis minus cognita . Some other works, as his Commentaries on the Geometry of See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter See also:

• RAMUS, PETRUS, or PIERRE DE LA RAMEE (1515-1572)

Ramus, and Remarks on the Treatise of See also:

• LONGOMONTANUS (or LONGBERG), CHRISTIAN

Longomontanus respecting the See also:

• QUADRATURE (from Lat. quadratura, a making square)

Quadrature of the Circle, have not been published .