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Gaussian Logarithms and Navigation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

Charles H. Cotter
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Gaussian logarithms are designed to facilitate finding the common logarithm of a sum or difference of two numbers whose common logarithms are known. The object of a table of Gaussian logarithms, sometimes known as Addition and Subtraction Logarithms, is to give log (a±b) by single entry when log a and log b are known.

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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , October 1971, pp. 569 - 572
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1971

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