Canon Sinuum (Pitiscus)

The Canon Sinuum is the main part of Bartholomaeus Pitiscus' Thesaurus Mathematicus sive Canon Sinuum ad radium 1.00000.00000.00000 published as a folio in 1613 (misprinted on two of the titles 1513, by omission of a C) in Frankfurt.[1][2] It is a table of sines, originally computed by Rheticus,[3] with the sines given every 10 seconds to 15 places, with first, second, and third differences.[4] This table spans 270 pages.

In addition, the Canon Sinuum gives the sines to 15 places for every second of the first and last degrees of the quadrant, as well as several other tables.[5][6]

References

  1. The English Cyclopedia. 4. 7. 1868. pp. 995–.
  2. "Deutsche Biographie - Pitiscus, Bartholomaeus". Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  3. Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation: A Quarterly Journal. 3–4. National Research Council. 1948. pp. 558–. Since on page 5 of 2 there seems to be definite reference to the Rheticus sine canon being in the hands of ... After his discovery of the new Rheticus tables Pitiscus started to prepare a second work which was finally published in 1613 and contained the following four parts. ... The volume title-page, in black and red, begins Thesaurus Mathematicus sive Canon Sinuum ad radium 1.00000.00000.00000.
  4. C. Sasaki (9 March 2013). Descartes’s Mathematical Thought. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 110–. ISBN 978-94-017-1225-5. The Thesaurus mathematicus appeared in Frankfurt am Main in 1613. ... *Rheticus-Pitiscus, Thesaurus mathematicus sive Canon sinuum ad radium ...
  5. Jean-Étienne Montucla; La Lande (1799). Histoire des mathématiques: dans laquelle on rend compte de leurs progrès depuis leur origine jusqu'à nos jours,... chez Henri Agasse. pp. 582–. Ce motif engagea, en 1610, arthélemi Pitiscus , non-seulement à en donner une nouvelle édition, mais à en porter les ... Enfin il pus blia ce travail en 1613 , sous le titre de Tfiesaums ÀIàthematicus sive canon sinuum aa' radium 1, 00000 ...
  6. Michaud (1823). Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne ou histoire par ordre alphabétique, de la vie privée et publique de tous les hommes qui se sont distingués par leurs écrits, leurs actions, leurs talents (in French). Chez Michaud frères. pp. 539–. Thesaurus mathemalicus sive canon sinuum ad radium 1.ooo00.00ooo.ooo0o. , et ad dena scrupula secunda ... 1613. On voit donc que Pitiscus n'en fut que l'éditeur. Lemanuscrit était égaré, et confondu parmi les papiers de Valentin Othon, ...
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