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==References== *{{MacTutor Biography|id=Napier}} *Diploudis, Alexandros. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070203233116/http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/~greg/calculators/napier/index.html Undusting Napier's Bones.] Heriot-Watt University, 1997 *"John Napier." ''Math & Mathematicians: The History of Math Discoveries around the World.'' 2 vols. U*X*L, 1999 *[http://www.thocp.net/biographies/napier_john.html John Napier] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908025125/http://www.thocp.net/biographies/napier_john.html |date=8 September 2015 }} ''The History of Computing Project'' *[http://johnnapier.com/ John Napier—Short biography and translation of work on logarithms] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228100129/http://www.johnnapier.com/ |date=28 December 2008 }} *[http://www.rwgrayprojects.com/rbfnotes/trig/strig/strig.html Intro to Spherical Trig.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060329153606/http://www.rwgrayprojects.com/rbfnotes/trig/strig/strig.html |date=29 March 2006 }} Includes discussion of The Napier circle and Napier's rules *[http://eebo.chadwyck.com/home EEBO (Early English Books Online)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228233712/http://eebo.chadwyck.com/home |date=28 December 2017 }} has electronic copies of some of his work, in facsimiles of editions of Napier's time (subscription or Athens login required) *[http://www.17centurymaths.com/contents/napiercontents.html Mirifici logarithmorum canonis descriptio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190911095649/http://www.17centurymaths.com/contents/napiercontents.html |date=11 September 2019 }} ''Descriptio'' ''De Arte Logistica'' English Translation by Ian Bruce '''Attribution''' * {{DNB|wstitle=Napier, John}}
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