napier's bones

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Alt. of Napier's rods

Source: Webster's dictionary

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He invented a well-known mathematical artifact, the ingenious numbering rods more quaintly known as “Napier's bones,” that offered mechanical means for facilitating computation. Source: Internet

It was at this point that he designed his ' Napier's bones ', an abacus-like device that greatly simplified calculations that involved multiplication and division. Source: Internet

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