81. William Harlowe Briggs William Harlowe briggs (18761952) was the son of Judge henry C. briggs 1895-1896 Letters to William Harlowe briggs by- henry C. briggs (father), ca. http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/briggs.html

William Harlowe Briggs Papers Biographical Sketch Collection Description Series Descriptions Box/Folder Listing Biographical Sketch Collection Description Main Entry: Briggs, William Harlowe, 1876-1952 Range of Collection Dates: Range of Collection Bulk Dates: Scope Note Container Count: 9 boxes Cubic Feet: Primary Language: English Arrangement: William Harlowe Briggsplay scripts, correspondence, miscellaneous papers; Amanda R. H. Subject Headings (in uppercase) / Form Headings (in upper and lowercase): American drama20th century Commonplace books, American19th century Diaries, American19th century Dramatists, American20th centuryCorrespondence Dramatists, American20th centuryWorks Mothers and sonsSouth Dakota19th centuryCorrespondence PlaybillsUnited States20th century Series Descriptions Box(es) I. William Harlowe Briggs A. Writings Consists of 23 typescripts, with some autograph notes for plays written by Briggs between the years 1903-1938. Included are scripts for Behold Thy Wife, produced in 1915 at the Apollo Theater in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Benjamin Franklin, The Passionate Salesman, Keeping Up With Lizzie, written in collaboration with Irving Bachellor, and Night Court, written in collaboration with Fulton Oursler. B. Correspondence

82. Durham County NC Cemeteries briggs, Corinna Medlin (b. 1867 d. 1953). Spouse - henry Fatel briggs. briggs,henry Fatel (b. 1860 - d. 1919). Spouse - Corinna M. briggs http://apdew.com/cemetery/durh/cem062.htm

Durham County North Carolina Cemeteries Index of All Cemeteries Alphabetical Index of All Burials Previous Page 062 MEDLIN FAMILY Located in Durham off South Miami Boulevard (NC 70) on East End Avenue. Coordinates: 35d 58m 34.0s N; 78d 51m 19.0s W Click here for Topo map or here for Google map This abandoned cemetery has about 32 graves with markers dating from 1892 to 1972. Canvassed by Lucille Glenn (1981). Briggs, Corinna Medlin (b. 1867 - d. 1953) Spouse - Henry Fatel Briggs Briggs, Henry Fatel (b. 1860 - d. 1919) Spouse - Corinna M. Briggs Carroll, Vinnie N. (b. 27 Nov 1888 - d. 26 Apr 1953) Case, Carl H. (b. 6 Jun 1888 - d. 25 Feb 1931) Spouse - Ethel Briggs Case Case, Ethel Briggs (b. 20 May 1891 - d. 29 Aug 1916) Spouse - Carl H. Case Clark, Charles E. (b. 17 Jul 1867 - d. 16 Nov 1954) Spouse - Etna Briggs Clark Clark, Etna Briggs (b. 12 Dec 1896 - d. 18 Jul 1959) Spouse - Charles E. Clark Clements, Frances (b. 17 Oct 1845 - d. 3 Jan 1931) Crain, James W. (b. - d.)

83. The Political Graveyard: Index To Politicians: Boothby To Borzaga Borden, Nathaniel briggs (18011865) — of Massachusetts. Born in Fall River, Bordewich, henry (d. 1912) — US Consul General in Christiania, 1902. http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boothby-borunda.html

Questions? Return to The Political Graveyard main page Index to Politicians: Boothby to Borzaga Boothby, Charles W. Orleans Parish , La. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, Burial location unknown Boothby, Frederic E. Kennebec County , Maine. Republican. Mayor of Waterville, Maine Burial location unknown Boothby, Frederic Eleazer (b. 1845) Frederic E. Boothby Cumberland County , Maine. Born in Norway, Oxford County , Maine, December 3, 1845 . Son of Levi Thompson Boothby and Sophia Packard (Brett) Boothby; married, October 25, 1871 , to Adelaide Endora Smith. Republican. Official in various capacities for Maine Central Railroad mayor of Portland, Maine , 1901-03; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, Episcopalian . Member, Sons of the American Revolution Freemasons Knights Templar Burial location unknown Boothby, James M. Berrien County , Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, . Still living as of 1980. Boothby, Lee Berrien County , Mich. Republican. Candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 20th District, 1956; candidate in primary for

84. The Political Graveyard: Index To Politicians: Shaw Shaw, Bill See William Shaw; Shaw, Bob See Robert Shaw; Shaw, briggs See V. briggs Shaw, henry A. — of Michigan. Speaker of the Michigan State House of http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shaw.html

Questions? Return to The Political Graveyard main page Index to Politicians: Shaw SHAW: See also Samuel Shaw Arentz Nahum Josiah Bachelder William Amos Bancroft Neal Shaw Blaisdell ... Caroline Shaw Tatom Shaw, A. C. Branch County , Mich. Prohibition candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Hillsdale District, 1946; Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, . Still living as of 1948. Shaw, A. H. Sagadahoc County , Maine. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, Burial location unknown Shaw, Aaron Lawrence County , Ill. Born near Goshen, Orange County , N.Y., December 19, 1811 . Democrat. Lawyer ; member of Illinois state house of representatives U.S. Representative from Illinois , 1857-59, 1883-85 (7th District 1857-59, 16th District 1883-85); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, ; circuit judge in Illinois, 1863-69. Died in Olney, Richland County , Ill., January 7, 1887 . Interment at Haven Hill Cemetery , Olney, Ill. See also congressional biography Shaw, Albert Duane Albert D. Shaw

85. Browse By Author: B - Project Gutenberg Narrative of the Life and Adventures of henry Bibb, an American Slave, briggs, Isaac G. Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia (English) http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/b

Project Gutenberg Online Book Catalog Quick Search Author: Title Word(s): EText-No.: Advanced Search Recent Books Top 100 Offline Catalogs ... In Depth Information Browse By Author: B Authors: A B C D ... other Titles: A B C D ... other Languages with more than 50 books: Chinese Dutch English Finnish ... Spanish Languages with up to 50 books: Afrikaans Aleut Bulgarian Catalan ... Yiddish Categories: Audio Book, computer-generated Audio Book, human-read Data Music, recorded ... Pictures, still Recent: last 24 hours last 7 days last 30 days Babbage, Charles, 1792-1871 Wikipedia On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures (English) Reflections on the Decline of Science in England (English) Babbitt, E. C. More Jataka Tales (English) Babington, B. G. (Benjamin Guy), 1794-1866 The Black Death The Dancing Mania (English) (as Translator) Bache, Constance, Translator La Mara, 1837-1927 Letters of Franz Liszt — Volume 1: from Paris to Rome: Years of Travel as a Virtuoso (English) Letters of Franz Liszt — Volume 2: from Rome to the End (English) Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950 Darrel of the Blessed Isles (English) D'Ri and I (English) Eben Holden, a tale of the north country

86. Sigma Xi - Purdue University Brandhorst, henry. Bray, Ralph. Brewster, James. briggs, henry. Brown, Kenneth.Brown, Herbert. Burde, Carl. Back to Top. Cammer, Paul. Carpenter, William http://dagon.admin.purdue.edu/sigma-xi/default.php?URL=members

87. Bichon Frise, Eastbourne, Sussex And Kent UK Derek and Joan briggs pages of information about their Bichon Frise dogs, thebooks about them, with Bichon Frisé* Abigail, henry, Chas and Dylan. http://www.bichons.btinternet.co.uk/

Beware! There Be Bichons with Bichon Frisé* - Abigail Henry , Chas and Dylan. in Eastbourne on the south coast of England. *Bichon Frise are small, friendly, curly coated, non moulting dogs. The much loved and admired Miss Abigail was called to her maker on 27th January 2001 but her memory will forever live on in our hearts and in our books - which are lodged in the 6 National Libraries in the UK as well as in homes all over the world. Miss Abigail's companion Henry joined her on 15th June 2004. There are memorial pages to them by Shirl Yancey Links to our homemade pages OUR BICHON FRISE *Basically Bichons* OUR BICHON BOOKS Forget the training manuals - read about actually being owned by one or more bichons. Now in it's 7th year *The Bichon Bug* OUR ENGLISH GARDEN We hope that you'll find something to amuse - we are always interested in hearing from new friends. Our Citroen Cars JUST FOR FUN UK BICHON FRISE RESCUE SOME OF OUR FAVOURITE PLACES TO VISIT LOCALLY EASTBOURNE Our home town and our local park Hampden Park PEVENSEY CASTLE Where the Romans built a fort and William The Conqueror landed.

88. Patrick Henry Community College Patrick henry Community College Name, Photo of PHCC Students or Campus Tonya briggs, Tonya briggs Learning Lab Instructor tbriggs@ph.vccs.edu http://www.ph.vccs.edu/personal.cfm?ID=172&sec=31&c=1&path=25,58,84

89. Logaritmer - Henry Briggs Efter at John Napier havde indført den første logaritme, kom englænderen HenryBriggs til med titalslogaritmen. http://www.matematiksider.dk/briggs.html

Henry Briggs og titalslogaritmen Som omtalt andetsteds på min hjemmeside regner man skotten John Napier (1550 - 1617) for at være den første, som indførte logaritmerne. Titalslogaritmen af i dag skyldes imidlertid en anden person, nemlig den engelske matematiker Henry Briggs (1561 - 1630), der var professor på Gresham College i London. Da Briggs hørte om Napiers opdagelser så han straks logaritmernes anvendelighed til at afhjælpe det tunge beregningsarbejde inden for navigation. Flåden på den tid havde en enorm betydning og var selve nøglen til Englands sikkerhed tænk på englændernes søslag med den spanske armada i 1588! Briggs begejstring for logaritmerne kan umiddelbart aflæses af følgende berømte citat fra en af hans breve til ærkebiskop Usher, dateret Gresham House, 10. marts 1615: Neper, lord of Markinston, hath set my head and hands a work with his new and admirable logarithms. I hope to see him this summer, if it please God, for I never saw book, which pleased me better and made me more wonder. Napiers navn er stavet lidt specielt her, hvilket skyldes, at der på dette tidspunkt ikke fandtes nogen retskrivningsstandard i England. Det lykkedes for Briggs at få et møde i stand med Napier, og det fandt sted i 1615. Under besøget diskuterede de to herrer at omdefinere Napiers "logaritme", og de blev enige om, at det var mest hensigtsmæssigt, hvis logaritmen opfyldte

90. Guide To Archives Relating To The University of Professor henry briggs (Professor of Midwifery and Gynaecology 18981921) onthe subjects of Practical Midwifery Rules for Students and Practical http://sca.lib.liv.ac.uk/collections/archive/guide.htm

Archives of the University of Liverpool Foundation and charters University Court University Council Council committees ... Convocation (formal alumni records, not individuals) Arts Faculty and its departments Engineering Faculty and departments Faculty of Law Medical Faculty and departments Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Science Faculty and its departments Faculty of Veterinary Science ... University and student societies, clubs etc; athletic clubs Trades unions Staff papers ... Affiliated and related institutions Other local and national educational bodies University theses re the university Bibliography University Charters etc. relating to the establishment of University College, later the University. S.2206 Minutes (and reports) of Town's Meetings and of latter's Committees and Sub-Committees 1878-81 A.015/1 Letters Patent constituting University College Liverpool, 1881 [text published in College's Calendars A.015/2 Letters Patent ("Supplemental Charter") extending College's powers of self- government, etc., 1900 [text published in College's Calendars]

91. George Eastman House CW Briggs Lantern Slides - Strip 48 Series briggs Co American (active 18681930) TITLE ON OBJECT henry III confirming theMagna Charta, 1260. transparency, collodion on glass 3 1/4 X 4 IN. http://www.geh.org/ar/strip48/htmlsrc/briggs_sum00002.html

CW Briggs lantern slides - Strip 48 George Eastman House Still Photograph Archive 1301 Selected Images Checklist Page 2 of 53 Go to: Home Index First Previous ... Thumbnails Briggs Co American (active 1868-1930) TITLE ON OBJECT: Archbishop Langton Presenting Magna Charta to Barons, 1213. transparency, collodion on glass 3 1/4 X 4 IN. Gift of the 3M Company: ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley Briggs Co American (active 1868-1930) TITLE ON OBJECT: Presentation of Magna Charta, 1215. transparency, collodion on glass 3 1/4 X 4 IN. Gift of the 3M Company: ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley Briggs Co American (active 1868-1930) TITLE ON OBJECT: Henry III confirming the Magna Charta, 1260. transparency, collodion on glass 3 1/4 X 4 IN. Gift of the 3M Company: ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley Briggs Co American (active 1868-1930) TITLE ON OBJECT: Battle of Bannockburn, 1314. transparency, collodion on glass 3 1/4 X 4 IN. Gift of the 3M Company: ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley Briggs Co American (active 1868-1930) TITLE ON OBJECT: Prince of Wales Presenting John of France to Edward III, 1356.

92. George Eastman House CW Briggs Lantern Slides - Strip 48 Series briggs Co American (active 18681930) TITLE ON OBJECT henry VIII reprovingChancellor about to arrest Catherine Parr 1543. transparency, collodion on glass http://www.geh.org/ar/strip48/htmlsrc/briggs_sum00003.html

CW Briggs lantern slides - Strip 48 George Eastman House Still Photograph Archive 1301 Selected Images Checklist Page 3 of 53 Go to: Home Index First Previous ... Thumbnails Briggs Co American (active 1868-1930) TITLE ON OBJECT: Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey in Conference, 1530. transparency, collodion on glass 3 1/4 X 4 IN. Gift of the 3M Company: ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley Briggs Co American (active 1868-1930) TITLE ON OBJECT: Bethrol of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, 1533. transparency, collodion on glass 3 1/4 X 4 IN. Gift of the 3M Company: ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley Briggs Co American (active 1868-1930) TITLE ON OBJECT: Dawn of the Reformation, 1536. transparency, collodion on glass 3 1/4 X 4 IN. Gift of the 3M Company: ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley Briggs Co American (active 1868-1930) TITLE ON OBJECT: Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, 1536. transparency, collodion on glass 3 1/4 X 4 IN. Gift of the 3M Company: ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley Briggs Co American (active 1868-1930) TITLE ON OBJECT: Anne Boleyn exhorted before Death, 1536.

93. Marriages In Livingston County Michigan - Bragle To Briminstool briggs, Henrietta G. Thomas G. HISLOSS. 3a. 143. 1881. briggs, henry. Sarah O.MOWELL. 3a. 189. 1886. briggs, Herbert. Minnie OSTERLE http://www.memoriallibrary.com/MI/Livingston/Wed/bragle.htm

Bragle-Briminstool Bride or Groom Spouse Vol. Page Year BRAGLE, Clarence Gertrude N. STREETER BRAHAM, Della M. William H. ERWIN BRAIDEN, Eliza Alexander ORR BRAINARD, Elvira Chancy P. WORDEN BRAINARD, Emily George KELLOGG BRAINARD, Warren L. Almeda M. TUCHER BRAINERD, Cora B. Frank RICE BRAINERD, Edwin W. Sarah BARNS BRAINERD, Emily Hiram STURGIS BRAINERD, John W. Emma GRISWOLD BRAINERD, Lillian L. Albert E. GEORGE BRALEY, Emma Frank L. WRIGHT BRALEY, Jessie E. E. L. TOPPING BRAMERD, Mary Eugene DEMOREST BRAMLEY, Oradelle Deland D. HORNUNG BRANARD, John Weeley Adelaid HILDERBRANT BRANCH, Emily Dyer AUSTIN BRANCH, Henry Arthur Anna Louise HYNE BRANCH, Rufus W. Phebe CORNELL BRANDEL, Libbie Henry SMITH BRANDELL, Albert V. Sarah Helen McGUIRE BRANDT, Emma Holden DuBOIS BRANDT, Henry F. Dorothy E. WISSE BRANFOOT, Fanny Louis S. WILLIAMS BRANGART, Joseph Flora CALLAGHAN BRANN, Edward E. Mary WENDERLEIN BRASS, Bertha Wm. H. FEELY BRASS, Fred A. Lydia A.VIDIAN Bride or Groom Spouse Vol. Page Year BRAVENDER, Frank Clara SANFORD BRAVENER, Abbie Floyd W. WINDEL BRAVENER, Anna Rosella Francis Geo. BARKER

94. Manuscripts Department Library Of The University Of North Carolina briggs, Thomas henry, 18471928. briggs, Willis G. Camden County (NC)History . Diary of Thomas henry briggs. Folder 100 Volume 8 1867, 120 pp. http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/b/Briggs,Willis_G.

95. Briggs. Juliet henry P. briggs. Juliet and the Nurse, 1827. This picture is displayed on theTate Gallery s website. Go first to the Tate s homepage. http://www.english.emory.edu/classes/Shakespeare_Illustrated/Briggs.Juliet.html

Henry P. Briggs. Juliet and the Nurse, This picture is displayed on the Tate Gallery's website. Go first to the Tate's homepage. At the top of the column on the left-hand side of the page you will see "Collections" as the first item. When you open this page, you will see on the right-hand side of the page a column where the fourth item says "Search collections." When you open that page, you will find the search engine; simply enter the names of the artist and the painting. If you click on the artist's name, you will see all the works by that particular artist at the Tate Gallery. If you click on the name of the painting, you will be taken to the image. Most of these images can be enlarged by clicking on them. If the picture has a display caption, be sure to read it; the notes will supplement what I have to say about the illustrations. Pages will open in separate windows, so close them to return to Shakespeare Illustrated. The Gallery's site is nicely constructed and easy to navigate; the Tate kindly allows us to link to its pages and to see the works in its magnificent collections. This steel engraving, approximately 7.5 x 10 inches, is by S. Sangster. The engraving is from Charles Knight's two-volume Imperial Edition of

96. Fairbanks And Keester James briggs of Lamonte and Rev. henry briggs of Ottawa, Kansas. bullet Williamhenry briggs(1104) was born on 22 Oct 1876 in Leesville, henry County, http://www.familyorigins.com/users/k/e/e/Louis-J-Keester/FAMO1-0001/d33.htm

Jennie May BRIGGS (Private). Parents: William BRIGGS and Laura Etta GRAY Jesse Blanchard BRIGGS was born on 9 Oct 1878 in Leesville, Henry County, Missouri. Parents: William BRIGGS and Laura Etta GRAY Jewell Lucile BRIGGS Parents: William Henry BRIGGS and Edna Isabelle CARLETON John Robert BRIGGS (Private). Parents: William BRIGGS and Laura Etta GRAY Joseph Francis Briggs BRIGGS was born on 14 Jul 1888 in Leesville, Henry County, Missouri. He died on 22 Jun 1889 in Leesville, Henry County, Missouri. Parents: William BRIGGS and Laura Etta GRAY Julia Etta BRIGGS was born on 3 Jun 1880 in Leesville, Henry County, Missouri. Parents: William BRIGGS and Laura Etta GRAY Leonard BRIGGS has reference number 145.1s. Lloyd Myrl BRIGGS . Parents: William Henry BRIGGS and Edna Isabelle CARLETON Mary Vyrl BRIGGS . Parents: William Henry BRIGGS and Edna Isabelle CARLETON Nancy BRIGGS was born on 10 Oct 1793 in Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts. She died on 6 Apr 1871 in Paola, Miami, Kansas. She has reference number 436s. Parents: Isaac BRIGGS and Polly DANFORTH She was married to Stephen FAIRBANK on 23 Sep 1812. Children were:

97. Fairbanks And Keester bullet John briggs FAIRBANKS(6771) (6772) was born on 21 Nov 1863 in Wakefield, bullet John henry FAIRBANKS(6799) was born on 15 Aug 1829 in Providence, http://www.familyorigins.com/users/k/e/e/Louis-J-Keester/FAMO1-0001/d156.htm

John Adams FAIRBANKS was born in 1822 in Wardsboro, Windham, Vermont. He was born on 4 Feb 1822 in Wardsboro, Windham, Vermont. He died in 1880 in West Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He has reference number 658. Parents: John Adams FAIRBANKS and Mary WARREN He was married to Augusta DERBY on 20 Aug 1850 in Wardsboro, Windham, Vermont. Children were: Arthur Warren FAIRBANKS Marian Augusta FAIRBANKS John Adams FAIRBANKS John Adams FAIRBANKS was born on 14 Aug 1859 in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts. He died on 17 Sep 1917 in Elgin, Kane, Illinois. He has reference number 658.3. Parents: John Adams FAIRBANKS and Augusta DERBY He was married to Rosirah Amrett LUCAS on 28 Nov 1883 in Elgin, Kane, Illinois. Children were: Raymond Edwin FAIRBANKS John Albert FAIRBANKS was adopted about 1855 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. He was born on 14 Sep 1855. He has reference number 619.4. Parents: Levi FAIRBANKS and Eleanor H. FAIRBANKS He was married to Martha B. CANDAGE on 13 Nov 1883. John Aldrich FAIRBANKS was born on 3 Aug 1851 in Oxford, Bristol, Massachusetts. He died on 7 Nov 1870 in Quinebaug, Windham, Connecticut. He has reference number 397.1. Parents:

98. Michaels Genealogy Polly briggs Husband William MITCHELL Children with William MITCHELL Alice wife of henry TOMLINSON between 1605 and 1616 - 25 Jan 1697 http://www.shel.net/shel/genealogy/d0000/g0000059.html

George W. ARMSTEAD 1 Aug 1873 - Birth : 1 Aug 1873 Source: Web page Wife Edith Lillian ROSS Marriage : 2 Nov 1904 Source: Web page Children with Edith Lillian ROSS George Ross ARMSTEAD Pauline Sybil ARMSTEAD Index of individuals Surnames Ovid BENNETT about 1897 - Birth : about 1897 Source: Family Search Genealogical Index (LDS web site) Father: Adelbert G. BENNETT Mother: Rose HALSTEAD Ovid BENNETT _Susan L. PATCHIN Index of individuals ... Surnames Simon Backus BISSELL 22 Jan 1769 - Birth : 22 Jan 1769 Source: Web page Death : possibly Cincinnati, Brown or Clermont or Hamilton Co., OH Source: Web page Father: David BISSELL Mother: Elizabeth BACKUS Wife ? MOREY _David BISSELL Simon Backus BISSELL _Esther WARHAM ... Surnames ? BOYD Wife Nona Marguerita TURNER Index of individuals Surnames Polly BRIGGS Husband William MITCHELL Children with William MITCHELL Nelson MITCHELL Gardiner MITCHELL Miriam K. MITCHELL Index of individuals ... Surnames David Lee DERRYBERRY [Data suppressed for privacy] Index of individuals Surnames Lucy GLOVER 11 Mar 1782 - Birth : 11 Mar 1782, Newtown, Fairfield Co., CT

99. Biographie : Henry Briggs (1561 [Yorkshire] - 26 Janvier 1630 [Oxford]) Translate this page henry briggs (1561 Yorkshire - 26 janvier 1630 Oxford). henry briggs est néen février 1561, dans le Yorkshire. On sait peu de choses sur sa vie, http://www.bibmath.net/bios/index.php3?action=affiche&quoi=briggs

100. Henry Briggs Biography henry briggs biography and related resources. henry briggs (1556 January16, 1630) was an English mathematician. He was born at Warley Wood, http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Briggs_Henry.html

Biography Base Home Link To Us Search Biographies: Browse Biographies A B C D ... Z Henry Briggs Biography Henry Briggs (1556 - January 16, 1630) was an English mathematician. He was born at Warley Wood, near Halifax, in Yorkshire. He graduated at St John's College, Cambridge, in 1581, and obtained a fellowship in 1588. In 1592 he was made reader of the physical lecture founded by Dr Thomas Linacre, and in 1596 became first professor of geometry in Gresham College, London. In his lectures at Gresham College he proposed the alteration of the scale of logarithms from the hyperbolic form which John Napier had given them, to that in which unity is assumed as the logarithm of the ratio of ten to one; and soon afterwards he wrote to the inventor on the subject. In 1616 Briggs visited to Napier at Edinburgh in order to discuss the suggested change. The following year he repeated his visit for a similar purpose. During these conferences the alteration proposed by Briggs was agreed upon; and on his return from his second visit to Edinburgh, in 1617, he published the first chiliad of his logarithms. In 1619 he was appointed Savilian professor of geometry at Oxford, and resigned his professorship of Gresham College in July 1620. Soon after his settlement at Oxford he was incorporated master of arts. In 1622 he published a small tract on the North-West Passage to the South Seas, through the Continent of Virginia and Hudson's Bay; and in 1624 his Arithmetica Logarithmica, in folio, a work containing the logarithms of thirty thousand natural numbers to fourteen decimal places. He also completed a table of logarithmic sines and tangents for the hundredth part of every degree to fourteen decimal places, with a table of natural sines to fifteen places, and the tangents and secants for the same to ten places; all of which were printed at Gouda in 1631 and published in 1633 under the title of Trigonometria Britannica. Briggs was buried in the chapel of Merton College, Oxford. Dr Smith, in his Lives of the Gresham Professors, characterizes him as a man of great probity, a contemner of riches, and contented with his own station, preferring a studious retirement to all the splendid circumstances of life.

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