Re: How Were Those Tables Computed?



qquito wrote:
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> ...(2) Were the computation done manually by
> some hard-working mathematicians?

A quick look in the dictionary reveals that, in the mid 17 century,
"computer" meant "A person who makes calculations; spec. a person
employed for this in an observatory etc."

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