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Logarithm
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Logarithm'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/l/logarithm.html. 1828.