Pascaline - Blaise Pascal invented the second mechanical calculator, called alternatively the Pascalina or the Arithmetique, in 1645, the first being that of Wilhelm Schickard in 1623.
abacus - The origins of the abacus are disputed, as many different cultures have been known to have used similar tools. It is known to have existed in Babylonia and in China, with invention to have taken place between 2400 BCE and 300 BCE. The first abacus was almost certainly based on a flat stone covered with sand or dust. Lines were drawn in the sand and pebbles used to aid calculations. From this, a variety of abaci were developed; the most popular were based on the bi-quinary system, using a combination of two bases (base-2 and base-5) to represent decimal numbers.
napiers bones - Napier's bones are an abacus invented by John Napier for calculation of products and quotients of numbers. Also called Rabdology (from Greek ραβδoς [rabdos], rod and λóγoς [logos], word). Napier published his invention of the rods in a work printed in Edinburgh, Scotland, at the end of 1617 entitled Rabdologiæ. Using the multiplication tables embedded in the rods, multiplication can be reduced to addition operations and division to subtractions. More advanced use of the rods can even extract square roots. Note that Napier's bones are not the same as logarithms, with which Napier's name is also associated.
2006-07-17 23:02:42
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answered by OZoNE 4
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Blaise Pascal invented the second mechanical calculator, called alternatively the Pascalina or the Arithmetique, in 1645, the first being that of Wilhelm Schickard in 1623
The origins of the abacus are disputed, as many different cultures have been known to have used similar tools. It is known to have existed in Babylonia and in China, with invention to have taken place between 2400 BCE and 300 BCE
Napier's bones are an abacus invented by John Napier for calculation of products and quotients of numbers. Also called Rabdology (from Greek ÏαβδoÏ [rabdos], rod and λóγoÏ [logos], word). Napier published his invention of the rods in a work printed in Edinburgh, Scotland, at the end of 1617 entitled Rabdologiæ
2006-07-18 06:03:06
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answered by The Hitman 4
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Pascaline - 1645
Abacus - 240 to 300 BC
Napier Bones - 1617
2006-07-18 06:02:26
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answered by sxa93 3
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Pascaline - 1642
Abacus- between 1,000 BC and 500 BC
Napiers Bones-1617 AD
2006-07-18 06:03:18
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answered by Nishu 2
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Pass cal lean is a bad road outside of California
ABBA cuss is what heavy metal heads say about the swedish pop group
Nappy bones are the brown chunks a baby often sits on
All were invented in AD 1972
2006-07-18 06:03:41
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answered by satnee2003 5
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Pascaline -- 1645
Abacus --between 2400 BCE and 300 BCE
Napiers Bones -- 1617
2006-07-18 06:01:12
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answered by Victoria 6
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pascaline-1542
abacus- circa. 500 B.C.
Napier's bones- 1617
2006-07-18 06:07:46
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answered by Dark Knight=Awesome 3
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search wikipedia, dont make us do your dirty work :)
2006-07-18 06:01:15
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answered by Anonymous
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no
2006-07-18 06:00:28
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answered by ct aek 21 1
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