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Meaning of NAPIER'S BONES

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  a set of graduated rods formerly used to do multiplication and division by a method invented by John Napier
 
 Synonyms: Napier's rods
 
 See Also: calculating machine, calculator

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Na"pi*er's bones`\, Napier's rods \Na"pi*er's
 

 

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