Canadian French Meaning of napier's rods

Bâtons de Napier

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napier's rods (n)

a set of graduated rods formerly used to do multiplication and division by a method invented by John Napier

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napier's rods ()

A set of rods, made of bone or other material, each divided into nine spaces, and containing the numbers of a column of the multiplication table; -- a contrivance of Baron Napier, the inventor of logarithms, for facilitating the operations of multiplication and division.

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Bâtons de Napier

a set of graduated rods formerly used to do multiplication and division by a method invented by John NapierA set of rods, made of bone or other material, each d

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napier's bones => bâtons de Napier, napierian logarithm => logarithme népérien, napierian => népérien, napier => napier, naphthylamine => naphtylamine,