“The work in which Néper develops this invention is dated 1614, therefore six years before that of Byrge, which gives Néper priority. But it is unlikely that in six years Byrge could have learned of the existence of the work of the Scottish geometer, studied this work, prepared to carry out the invention that it indicated, actually calculated 33,000 numbers corresponding to 33,000 logarithms in arithmetic progression and had the table containing all of this printed on seven and a half sheets.”