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Briggs n.

Biographical Henry, 1561–1630, English mathematician.

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Briggs / brɪɡz/

Henry. 1561–1631, English mathematician: introduced common logarithms

'Briggs' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Briggsian logarithm - mantissa

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