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Gun·ter  (gntr), Edmund 1581-1626.
English astronomer and mathematician who invented a surveying chain, quadrant, and scale and introduced the trigonometric terms cosine and cotangent.
Gunter [ˈgʌntə]
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(Biographies / Gunter, Edmund (1581-1626) M, English, SCIENCE: mathematician, SCIENCE: astronomer) Edmund. 1581-1626, English mathematician and astronomer, who invented various measuring instruments, including Gunter's chain


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