| 1. | This was motivated mainly by errors in logarithmic tables made by the human'computers'of the time.
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| 2. | In 1628, he modified the logarithmic tables of Briggs and added more details to them.
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| 3. | The devices were used for creating logarithmic tables.
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| 4. | In 1670, he published trigonometric and logarithmic tables more accurate than the existing ones of Briggs.
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| 5. | According to Shelushkov, he used the memorized logarithmic table for calculations . and by psychologist Artur Petrovsky.
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| 6. | His logarithmic tables ( " Tables of logarithms ", 1796 ) had various reprints in Italy and Europe.
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| 7. | Before the advent of the computer, ray tracing calculations were performed by hand using trigonometry and logarithmic tables.
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| 8. | To facilitate use with logarithmic tables, one usually takes logs to base 10 or e, or sometimes base 2:
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| 9. | In 1630 Johann Faulhaber published a 100 cent monochord table, which contained several errors due to his use of logarithmic tables.
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| 10. | He tried to busy himself with painting, learning silk-screening, playing chess, and writing logarithmic tables for the sheer enjoyment of it.
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