Who invented the Napier Bones

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Who invented the Napier Bones

  • John Napier checkmark
  • Samuel Napier
  • Joseph Jacquard
  • Charles Babbage

The correct answer is: A

Explanation

Napier's bones is a manually-operated calculating device created by John Napier of Merchiston for calculation of products and quotients of numbers. The method was based on the ancient mathematical principle known as the Arabic lattice, or gelosia multiplication.

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