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 the
Roman numeral MLCXIII) in
Frankfurt.
It is a table of sines, originally computed by
Rheticus
Georg Joachim de Porris, also known as Rheticus ( /ˈrɛtɪkəs/; 16 February 1514 – 5 December 1576), was a mathematician, astronomer, cartographer, navigational-instrument maker, medical practitioner, and teacher. He is perhaps best known for ...
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with the sines given every 10 seconds to 15 places, with first, second, and third differences.
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.
References
External links
* {{URL, http://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/titleinfo/5306212, Pitiscus: ''Thesaurus Mathematicus'', 1613
1613 books
Trigonometry