Napier’s bones

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In John Napier: Contribution to mathematics
…of small rods known as Napier’s bones, a device that was the forerunner of the slide rule. He made important contributions to spherical trigonometry, particularly by reducing the number of equations used to express trigonometrical relationships from 10 to 2 general statements. He is also credited with certain other spherical…
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