Chris Rowley <[log in to unmask]> wrote on Fri, 9 Feb 2001 20:14:37 +0000 > Boris Veytsman wrote -- > > > > > Yes. I remember an old book of log tables, that used exclusively old > > style digits. It was difficult to use, at least for me. > > Oh yes I recall them fondly: they were so much easier to read than > modern tables with uniform rows of lining digits. > > But heh! Who on this list is wrinkly enough to even know what a log > table is:-)? Well, I'm not very wrinkly, but I still have easily accessible on my bookshelves a set of seven figure log tables. And I have packed away somewhere two volumes of fifteen (or should that be 15?) figure log tables. Speaking of log tables, some years ago a book was published which contained natural logs of prime numbers to (if my memory is correct) over a hundred decimal places. At the time I saw a review of this which consisted of just one word: "Why?" Does anyone remember where this review appeared? > chris Ken Smith