Napier's bones

Description

Set of Napier's bones of ivory in a small leather case, c. 1650

Museum reference

H.NL 43

Object name

Napier's bones

Production information

Unknown
Unknown

Date

c. 1650

Materials

Ivory, Leather

Physical description

Ivory; leather case

Associations

Inventor: Napier, John, 1550 - 1617
Merchiston, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Power of Ten: Inventing Logarithms (21 Mar 2014 - 31 Aug 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland

• 26 Treasures in the National Museum of Scotland (01 Dec 2011 - 29 Jan 2012)
  World Wide Web

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Collection Story

On display

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