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Genaille Rods

Numbered rods which can be used to perform multiplication.

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Napier's Bones

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References

Gardner, M. "Napier's Bones." Ch. 7 in Knotted Doughnuts and Other Mathematical Entertainments. New York: W. H. Freeman, pp. 85-93, 1986.Havil, J. Gamma: Exploring Euler's Constant. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, p. 18, 2003.Jones, B. R. "Genaille's Rods: An Ingenious Improvement on Napier's." Math. Gaz. 48, 17-22, 1964.

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