The art of numbring by speaking-rods, vulgarly termed Nepeirs bones by which the most difficult parts of arithmetick, as multiplication, division, and extracting of roots both square and cube, are performed with incredible celerity and exactness (without any charge to the memory) by addition and subtraction only / published by W.L.
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| dc.contributor.author | Leybourn, William, 1626-1716. |
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| dc.date.created | 1667 |
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| dc.description.abstract | Attributed to William Leybourn. Cf. BM. An enlarged edition was published in 1721 under title: The description and use of ... Gunter's quadrant ... to which is added the use of Nepiar's bones. Folded table inserted. Reproduction of original in British Library. |
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| dc.subject.lcsh | Quadrant. |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Sundials -- Early works to 1800. |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Mathematical instruments. |
| dc.title | The art of numbring by speaking-rods, vulgarly termed Nepeirs bones by which the most difficult parts of arithmetick, as multiplication, division, and extracting of roots both square and cube, are performed with incredible celerity and exactness (without any charge to the memory) by addition and subtraction only / published by W.L. |
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| otaterms.date.range | 1600-1699 |
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