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What is the function of napier's bones


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Calculation of products and quotients of numbers.

Step-by-step explanation:

Napier's bones is a manually-operated calculating device created by John Napier of Merchiston, Scotland for the calculation of products and quotients of numbers. The method was based on lattice multiplication, and also called 'rabdology', a word invented by Napier.

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