> all logarithm tables for three hundred years were borrowed from Mr. Briggs’ tables by reducing the number of decimal places. Only in modern times, with the WP

> all logarithm tables for three hundred years were borrowed from Mr. Briggs’ tables by reducing the number of decimal places. Only in modern times, with the WPA and computing machines, have new tables been independently computed. https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/I_22.html#:~:text=But%20all,decimal%20places https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/I_22.html#:~:text=Bu...