4-449: Canon Sinuum may refer to: Canon Sinuum (Bürgi) , a sine table by Jost Bürgi. Canon Sinuum (Pitiscus) , the table by Bartholomaeus Pitiscus Canon Sinuum (Vlacq) , the table by Adriaan Vlacq Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Canon Sinuum . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
8-468: Is thought to be lost. The Canon Sinuum was computed by Bürgi's algorithms explained in his work Fundamentum Astronomiae presented to Emperor Rudolf II. in 1592. These algorithms made use of differences and were one of the early uses of difference calculus . The largest trigonometrical table actually contained in the Fundamentum Astronomiae is a table giving the sines for every minute of
12-398: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canon_Sinuum&oldid=735641476 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Canon Sinuum (B%C3%BCrgi) The Canon Sinuum
16-481: Was a historic table of sines thought to have given the sines to 8 sexagesimal places between 0 and 90 degrees in steps of 2 arc seconds . Some authors believe that the table was only between 0 and 45 degrees. It was created by Jost Bürgi at the end of the 16th century . Such tables were essential for navigation at sea. Johannes Kepler called the Canon Sinuum the most precise known table of sines. This table
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