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Edmund Gunter

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Edmund Gunter 1581-1626, English mathematician and astronomer, educated at Westminster School, London, and Christ Church, Oxford. He invented (1618) a small portable quadrant and discovered (1622) the variation of the magnetic compass. His Gunter's chain is a surveyor's chain graduated on the decimal scale. He devised Gunter's scale, a logarithmic scale of equal parts as well as trigonometric functions, which with the aid of compasses served as a slide rule . Author not available, GUNTER, EDMUND. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

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Gunter personal surname. Gunter's was the name of a famous London confectioner's and caterer...and noted particularly for their ice-creams. according to Gunter in the US, reliably, correctly; the allusion is to the English mathematician Edmund Gunter who devised Gunter's chain, a former ... Read more

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...the logarithmic scale created by British astronomer Edmund Gunter (1581 – 1626) in 1620. Gunter's work, in turn...is 0.3. Also 2 2 2 8. 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.9, the log of 8. Edmund Gunter's logarithm scale arranged numbers from 1 to 10, spacing... Read more

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	Topczewski, Edmund A. ; ...1998. Beloved husband of Sylvia. Loving father of Kathleen (Gunter) Glass, of Graham, NC. Dear brother of Donald (Lucy) of Longmont...Christian Burial at 10:00AM. Burial in Str. Adelbert Cemetery. Edmund had previously lived in Brookfield, was a graduate of Marquette... Read more
	Eberspacher says new contracts will halt revenue slide.(news) ; Byline: Edmund Chew Fluctuations in the price of precious metals led to a sharp decline...supplier globally after ArvinMeritor, Tenneco and Faurecia. Managing partner Gunter Baumann said price pressure from its customers was strong. Even customers... Read more
	BUDGET: MICHAELE SCHREYER AT THE STAKE IN ACCOUNTANT AFFAIR.(Brief Article) ; Were Edmund Stoiber to be elected Chancellor of the German Federal Republic, the fate...Schroder's failure to appoint one of their own alongside SPD Commissioner Gunter Verheugen. This veiled threat is now a conviction broadly shared within... Read more
	The slide rule today: respect for the past. (history of the slide rule) (Input-Output) (Column) ; ...foundation for the slide rule. In 1620, Edmund Gunter marked a 24-inch-long straight scale with logarithms. Gunter's rules were used to perform multiplication...minister and mathematician, placed two Gunter rules side by side to avoid the use of... Read more
	Janet M. Shaw ; ...Cindy (Doug) Wallway of Vancouver, WA, Katherine (Jerry) Gunter of Hampshire, Annette (Robert) Deaton of Kirkland and Teresa Shaw of Elgin; two sons, Edmund Shaw Jr., of Elgin and Jimmy (Nina) Shaw of Burlington, WI...George P. Sheljaka, Robert Wayne Deaton III and Brett Allen Gunter. Memorial Services ... Read more
	OBIT - ROBINSON, GRADY HUBBARD ; ...at Clinton City Cemetery with Dr. Ed Gunter officiating. Roanoke friends will celebrate...Ann Cullens Robinson and the late Robert Edmund Robinson. He was a graduate of Clinton...wife, Mary of Charlotte, N.C. and Robert Edmund Robinson, Jr. and wife, Mary Lyon of Blounts... Read more
	Norwegian Wood ; ...to Toni Morrison, Ian McEwan, Beverly Cleary, Muriel Spark, Gunter Grass, J.D. Salinger, Stephen Dixon, Lorne Moore, race Paley...people my editor cut, Alice Munro, Dale Peck, Jose Saramago, Edmund White, E.L. Konigsburg, John Updike, W.G. Sebald, Russell Banks... Read more
	ANNIVERSARIES ; ...Amanda and Sarah Rafac and Samantha Stearns. ------------ Edmund & Frances Knowles Sr. 50th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Edmund J. Knowles Sr. celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on November 25, 2000. Edmund and Frances Cruise were married on November 25, 1950 by...family dinner. They are the parents ... Read more
	Motors: Drivers snub stability.(Features) ; ...Commission is looking to make ESC mandatory on all new cars by 2012. Gunter Verheugen, EU commissioner for enterprise and industry policy...ESC is more than welcome. RAC Foundation executive director Edmund King says: We are particularly concerned that ESC is not available... Read more
	UK drivers put the brakes on stability.(Features) ; ...Commission is looking to make ESC mandatory on all new cars by 2012. Gunter Verheugen, EU commissioner for enterprise and industry policy...ESC is more than welcome. RAC Foundation executive director Edmund King says: We are particularly concerned that ESC is not available... Read more

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