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John Napier of Merchiston (/ ˈ n eɪ p i ər / NAY-pee-ər; [1] Latinized as Ioannes Neper; 1 February 1550 – 4 April 1617), nicknamed Marvellous Merchiston, was a Scottish landowner known as a mathematician, physicist, and astronomer.
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The volume has a preface by Robert and several appendices, including a section on John Napier's methods for more easily solving spherical triangles, and a section by Henry Biggs on “another and better kind of logarithms,” namely base 10 or common logarithms. An English translation by William Rae Macdonald was published, with annotations, in ...
John Napier (1550–1617) was a Scottish mathematician, physicist and astronomer. John Napier may also refer to: John Light Napier (born 1947), U.S. Representative from South Carolina; John Napier (bobsleigh) (born 1986), American bobsledder; John Napier (cricketer) (1859–1939), English clergyman and cricketer
February 11 – Giovanni Antonio Magini, Italian astronomer (born 1555). April 4 – John Napier of Merchiston, mathematician (born 1550). May 7 – David Fabricius, Frisian astronomer (born 1564). December – William Butler, English physician (born 1535).
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John Napier wrote a separate volume describing how he constructed his tables, but held off publication to see how his first book would be received. John died in 1617. His son, Robert, published his father's book, Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Constructio ( Construction of the Wonderful Canon of Logarithms ), with additions by Henry Briggs , in ...