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Edward Sang

British mathematician

Died when: 85 years 327 days (1030 months)
Star Sign: Aquarius

 

Edward Sang

Edward Sang FRSE FRSSA LLD (30 January 1805 – 23 December 1890) was a Scottish mathematician and civil engineer, best known for having computed large tables of logarithms, with the help of two of his daughters.

These tables went beyond the tables of Henry Briggs, Adriaan Vlacq, and Gaspard de Prony.


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