Rabdology(răbd&obreve_;l&ouptack_;j&ybreve_;), n.[Gr. rabdos rod, stick + -logy: cf. F. rabdologie.]The method or art of performing arithmetical operations by means of Napier's bones. See Napier's bones.[Written also rhabdology.]
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Rabdology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1617 a treatise in Latin entitled Rabdologiæ and written by John Napier was published in Edinburgh. Printed three years after his treatise on the discovery of logarithms and in ...
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Rabdology - The MIT Press
This first English translation of Napier's Rabdologia provides a clear and readable introduction to a group of physical calculating devices, which, long overshadowed by ...
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John Napier References
Rabdology by John Napier, William F. Richardson (Translator) (Hardcover) The Art of Numbering by Speaking Rods by W Leybourn (1667) Napier's Bones : a History and Instruction ...
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Location arithmetic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Location arithmetic (Latin arithmeticæ localis) is a technique to do binary arithmetic using a chessboard-like grid. John Napier termed the technique in his treatise Rabdology, from ...
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Ologies
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Napier's Bones -- from Wolfram MathWorld
This process was published by Napier in 1617 an a book titled Rabdologia, so the process is also called rabdology. There are ten bones corresponding to the digits 0-9, and a ...
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John Napier: Mathematician And Inventor Of Early Calculating Devices
Napier, John Rabdology, Translated by William Frank Richardson, Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series for the History Of Computing, Vol. 15.
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John Napier's Promptuary
The term rabdology was coined by Napier as meaning "Calculation with Rods" or "Rod reckoning." Promptuary comes from the Latin promptuarium, "a place where things are stored ready ...
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Arithmetic, bones and counting
Rabdology did in fact contain three mechanical aids to calculations. In this article we'll focus on two of them: a set of counting rods commonly known as Napier's Bones, and a ...
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Geometry.Net - Scientists Books: Napier John
Rabdology (Charles Babbage Institute Reprint) by John Napier : Hardcover: 172 Pages (1990-12-13) list price: US$45.00 -- used & new: US$36.50 (price subject to change: see help)
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