gunter

Noun

(plural gunters)

(sailing) A device used in sailing, for two main configurations of rig:
1. A wire that leads from a point near the end of a gaff to a point near the other end. A block travels along this wire, and a halyard is attached to the block. This allows the gaff to be raised to the vertical by a single halyard.
2. A set of hoops or parrel beads which secure the gaff loosely to the mast in a vertical position.

Proper noun

Common misspelling of GÃ¼nter.

Origin

Germanic gund "battle" + heri, hari "army".

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The first calculation or publication of Briggian or common logarithms of trigonometrical functions was made in 1620 by Edmund Gunter, who was Briggs's colleague as professor of 1 It was certainly published after Napier's death, as Briggs mentions his " librum posthumum."
An account has now been given of Napier's invention and its publication, the transition to decimal logarithms, the calculation of the tables by Briggs, Vlacq and Gunter, as well as of the claims of Byrgius and the method of prosthaphaeresis.
EDMUND GUNTER (1581-1626), English mathematician, of Welsh extraction, was born in Hertfordshire in 1581.
There is reason to believe that Gunter was the first to discover (in 1622 or 1625) that the magnetic needle does not retain the same declination in the same place at all times.
Gunter's Scale (generally called by seamen the Gunter) is a large plane scale, usually 2 ft.

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