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Noun Concept
Categories: Mechanical calculators, Multiplication, Scottish inventions
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Napier's bones  Napier's rods  Napier bones  Napier rods  Napiers' Bones
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A set of graduated rods formerly used to do multiplication and division by a method invented by John Napier WordNet 3.0
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A set of graduated rods formerly used to do multiplication and division by a method invented by John Napier WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Napier's bones is a manually-operated calculating device created by John Napier of Merchiston, Scotland for the calculation of products and quotients of numbers. Wikipedia
Mathematical instrument invented by John Napier Wikidata
A set of numbered rods used for multiplication and division (see the Wikipedia article for a fuller explanation). Wiktionary
A set of numbered rods used for multiplication and division. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
calculator
mathematical instrument
mechanical calculator
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR
Napier
NAMED AFTER
Napier
USAGE DOMAIN
plural
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Napier's bones, Napier's rods
Wikipedia
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Napier's bones
Wikidata
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Napier's bones
Wiktionary
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Napier's bones
Wikipedia Redirections
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Napier's Bones, Napier's rods, Napier's Rods, Napier bones, Napier rods, Napiers' Bones, Napiers Bones, Napiers stick, Napier’s Bones, Rabdologia, Rhabdology
Wikidata Alias
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Napier's rods, Napier bones, Napier rods

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