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Yes. On a desert island we can have the whole village construct this table for newton-raphson guesses.

Combined with a cutting tool attached to a worm drive we will precisely count our turns (big radius crank for extra precision!) and begin manufacture of slide rules. Can never have too many scales and this is just one we shall etch into them!

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