The Term “Radian” in Trigonometry
@article{ThomsonTheT, title={The Term “Radian” in Trigonometry}, author={James Thomson}, journal={Nature}, volume={83}, pages={217-217} }
DR. THOMAS MUIR, in his letter in NATURE of April 7 (p. 156), corrects the misapprehension implied in the “New English Dictionary,” viz. the supposition that the word “radian” was first introduced in the “Treatise on Natural Philosophy” by Thomson and Tait.