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Napier's Bones are an old name for the slide rule, a mechanical method of rapidly doing mathematical operations using logarithms expressed as a divided line.

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What are advantages and disadvantages of Napier's Bone?

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When and who invented the the computer napier's bone?

John Napier invented the Napier's Bone


Where did john napier invented the napier's bone?

scottland


Year of napier's bones inventedyear of napier's bones invented?

John Napier invented the Napier`s bone in 1617


What year did john napier invented the napier's bone?

in 1614 john Napier invented logarithms and a device called NAPIER,s bones


Who is the founder of abacus?

Napier's Bone


Was Napier's bone successful?

very


When did John Napier invented napier's bone?

Napier's bones, used for calculating products and quotients of numbers was also called Rabdology. Napier first published his method in 1617.


Who discover nap bone?

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. The method was based on lattice multiplication, and also called rabdology, a word invented by Napier. Napier published his version in 1617.


What is the reason why John Napier invented The Napiers bone?

Because he wanted a simple calculating device. (It's "bones" actually.)


What are the adventages and disadvantage of napier bone?

The advantages of the Napier's bones, a manually-operated calculating device invented by John Napier in the 17th century, include its ability to perform multiplication and division quickly and accurately. It also allows for easy manipulation of numbers through the use of movable rods. However, the disadvantages of Napier's bones include its limited capacity for complex calculations and the potential for human error in setting up the rods correctly.


Surname of artist Charles Napier?

Charles Napier HEMY (1841-1917) was an artist. Charles Napier Hemy is also known as: Hemy Charles Napier, Charles Napier Hemy