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[SCIENCE AND MEDICINE] - MERCATOR Nicolaus (1620 - 1687) - [Mathematics – Early Work On The Construction Of Logarithms And Hyperbola Quadrature] - “LOGARITHMO-TECHNIA: sive Methodus construendi LOGARITHMOS Nova, accurata, & facilis; scripto Antehac Communicata, Anno Sc. 1667. Nonis Augusti: Cui nunc accedit. Vera Quadratura Hyperbolae, et Inventio Summae Logarithmorum (…) Huic etiam jungitur Michaelis Angeli Riccii Exercitatio geometrica de maximis & minimis; hic ob argumenti præstantium & exemplarium raritatem recusa. London, William Godbid & Moses Pitt, 1668. in-4, 34 pp. (2). Complete. Calf binding, light brownings on the inside, in perfect state. In this work Mercator presents a refined method for the construction of logarithms and introduces his celebrated series expansion for the natural logarithm, one of the earliest appearances of what would later be recognized as a power series expansion in analysis. The treatise also addresses the quadrature of the hyperbola, linking the theory of logarithms with emerging concepts in infinitesimal mathematics. Highly regarded by contemporaries such as Isaac Newton, the work occupies an important place in the transition from classical geometry to modern mathematical analysis. •⁠> This lot is located in and ships from the UK. No export license is required for values under £65,000; above this threshold, a UK export license will be needed. Import duties and taxes in the destination country are the buyer's responsibility.