Napier's box of tables

Description

Napier's box of tables for mathematical calculations, working on the same principle as Napier's rods or bones

Museum reference

H.NL 68

Object name

Napier's box of tables

Production information

Unknown
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Date

Unknown

Materials

Wood, Paper

Physical description

Wood and paper

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

On display

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