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View full screenSet of Napier's bones in boxwood, a device for performing arithmetic, particularly multiplication, invented by John Napier of Merchiston, Edinburgh, who also developed logarithms, 18th century
T.1866.57
18th century
Boxwood
Inventor: Napier, John, 1550 - 1617
Treasured: Wonderful Things, Amazing Stories (14 Nov 2008 - 01 Jan 2011)
National Museum of Scotland