Napier's bones is a manually-operated calculating device created by John Napier of Merchiston, Scotland for the calculation of products and quotients...

was Ioannes Neper. John Napier is best known as the discoverer of logarithms. He also invented the so-called "Napier's bones" and made common the use...

already popularly used and known as Napier's bones, was a set of rods inscribed with the multiplication table. Napier coined the word rabdology (from Greek...

mathematician John Napier and described in his book Rabdologiae in which he also described Napier's bones. It is an extension of Napier's Bones, using two sets...

advances were made until John Napier devised his numbering rods, or Napier's Bones, in 1617. Various forms of the Bones appeared, some approaching the...

calculating rods known as Napier's bones (Scotland, 1617) and Genaille–Lucas rulers (France, late 1800s). Genaille–Lucas rulers Napier's bones Williams, Michael...

Genaille, a French railway engineer, in 1891. The device is a variant of Napier's bones. By representing the carry graphically, the user can read off the results...

setting out his theory of elliptic orbits. Napier's Bones, a multiplication device invented by John Napier (who dies on April 4), is described in his...

advertised in American newspapers starting at $3.98 each ($35.00 in 2023). Napier's bones – 1617 device for calculating products and quotients History of computing...

throughout life. Chinese Zhusuan Chisanbop Logical abacus Mental abacus Napier's bones Sand table Slide rule Soroban Suanpan Both C. J. Gadd, a keeper of the...