^{page 73 note *} Logarithmetica Britannica, being a Standard Table of Logarithms to 20 decimal places, by Alexander John Thompson. Part IX (the first to be published) numbers 90,000 to 100,000. Cambridge University Press, 1924. The work is intended to be completed in nine parts. Subscriptions are invited at the rate of 10s. per part, payable on application. Intending subscribers should send their names to Prof. Karl Pearson, F.R.S., University College, London, W.C. 1.

^{page 77 note *} We give below, by permission, a short account from a memorandum issued by the Biometric Laboratory, of Briggs's life and his work on logarithms.