Edmund Gunter
1581-1626
English mathematician and astronomer. Gunter received a divinity degree from Oxford, and became a Rector in Southwark. In addition he became professor of astronomy at Gresham C...
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Edmund Gunter
1581-1626
English mathematician and instrument maker who designed many instruments to simplify astronomical, nautical, and surveying calculations. These include a portable quadrant and f...
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Edmund Gunter was responsible for introducing the words cosine and cotangent to the world as well as producing a seven figure table of logarithms of sines and tangents. Gunter also manufactured and us...
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Edmund Gunter
Edmund Gunter