This first English translation of Napier's Rabdologia provides a clear and readable introduction to a group of physical calculating devices, which, long overshadowed by Napier's logarithms, have their own intrinsic interest and charm.
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This first English translation of Napier's Rabdologia provides a clear and readable introduction to a group of physical calculating devices, which, long overshadowed by Napier's logarithms, have their own intrinsic interest and charm.
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Add this copy of Rabdology to cart. $500.00, like new condition, Sold by Argosy Book Store rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by M.I.T. Press.
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Fine. Slim 8vo, 135 pages, burgundy cloth. Los Angeles: M.I.T. Press/ Tomash Publishers, (1990). Fine. Volume 15 in the Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series for the History of Computing.