 | 1802 - 442 pages
...worthy of notice, as having been the chief refidence of Napier, the famous inventor of the logarithms, a person to whom the title of great man is more justly due, says Hume, than any other whom his country ever produced. " Napier," adds the present writer, " was... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1807 - 544 pages
...of Merchiston, son of the famous inventor of the logarithms, the person to whom the title of CHEAT MAN is more justly due, than to any other whom his country ever produced. THERE was in Scotland another party, who, professing equal attachment to the king's service, pretended... | |
 | Gentry - 1809 - 628 pages
...Fife, as a reward for his services. John Napier, " to whom," says Mr. Hume, the celebrated historian, " the title of Great Man is more justly due, than to any other whom his country ever produced," was the inventor of the Logarithms and Robdologice, commonly called " Napier's Bones." He was, likewise,... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1810 - 520 pages
...distinction, who united themselves to him, was lord Napier, of Merchiston, son of the famous inventor of the logarithms, the person to whom the title of GREAT...than to any other whom his country ever produced. THERE was in Scotland another party, who, professing equal attachment to the king's service, pretended... | |
 | Alexander Campbell - 1811 - 434 pages
...Napier of Merchieston, the famous inventor " of the logarithims, the person to whom the title of a GREAT " MAN is more justly due than to any other whom his country '* ever produced*.'* " His scientifical genius (says another " historian) was first applied to the mysteries of the Apocalypse,... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1812 - 544 pages
...distinction, who united themselves to him, was Lord Napier of Merchiston, son of the famous inventer of the logarithms, the person to whom the title of GREAT...than to any other whom his country ever produced. THERH! was in Scotland another party, who, professing equal attachment to the King's service, pretended... | |
 | William Nimmo (minister of Bothkennar.) - 1817 - 804 pages
...mentioned, was John of Merchieston, the immortal inventor of the logarithms, of whom Hume says that he was " the person to whom the title of Great Man, is more...than to any other whom his country ever produced."* He was born in 1550. t Local tradition had named a particular spot, long otherwise obscure, in the... | |
 | John Debrett - 1825 - 672 pages
...are called LENOX, alias NAPIEE." John Napier, " to whom," says Mr. Hume, the celebrated historian, " the title of Great Man is more justly due, than to any other whom his country ever produced,'* was the inventor of the Logarithms and Robdologice, commonly called " Napier's Bones." He was, likewise,... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1826 - 488 pages
...says, (II. 35, ed. 1775,) " The famous inventor of logarithms, is the person to whom the title of a great man is more justly due than to any other whom his country ever produced." The happy idea of Napier, which performs multiplication by addition ; division by subtraction ; the... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1826 - 502 pages
...Napier of Merchiston, son of the famous inventor of the logarithms, the person to whom the title of a ' great man' is more justly due than to any other whom his country ever produced. There was in Scotland another party, who, professing equal attachment to the king's service, pretended... | |
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Merchiston, son of the famous inventor of the logarithms, the person to whom the title of GREAT MAN is more justly due, than to any other whom his country ever produced. 
