Famous quotes containing the words log and/or geometric:
“My merrie, merrie boyes,
The Christmas Log to the firing;”
—Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
“In mathematics he was greater
Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater:
For he, by geometric scale,
Could take the size of pots of ale;
Resolve, by sines and tangents straight,
If bread and butter wanted weight;
And wisely tell what hour o’ th’ day
The clock doth strike, by algebra.”
—Samuel Butler (1612–1680)
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