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Briggs1, Henry (1561-1630), English mathematician. He was renowned for his work on logarithms, in which he introduced the decimal base, made the thousands of calculations necessary for the tables, and popularized their use. Briggs also devised the usual method used for long division. 布里格斯, 亨利（1561-1630, 英国数学家, 因其对对数的研究而享有盛名; 他首先在对数中以10作为底数, 并为对数表的制定作了数千次计算, 从而推广了对数表的使用; 他还设计了长除法的通用解法）。
Briggs2, Raymond (Redvers) (b.1934), English writer and illustrator of children's books. His works include Father Christmas (1973) and The Snowman (1979). 布里格斯, 雷蒙德（·莱德福斯）（生于1934年, 英国作家、儿童图书插图画家; 作品包括《圣诞老人》[1973]和《雪人》[1979]）。
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