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What is the name of John Napiers Machine?

Napier's Bones. It was a type of abacus.


Who invented the Napiers Rods or Bones?

John Napier


Who the first five inventors of computer?

Abacus


What is the reason why John Napier invented The Napiers bone?

Because he wanted a simple calculating device. (It's "bones" actually.)


Photo of babylonians who invented abacus?

The abacus was invented several thousand years ago. There was nobody around to take a picture of the inventors. The forerunner of the camera was invented less than 200 years ago.


Why did John Napier invent the Napier's bones?

To have a type of abacus to use.


What are the seven earliest devices?

napiers bone


After the abacus what computer was invented?

Abacus --> Napier's Bones --> Pascaline --> Leibnitz's Calculator --> Jacquard's Loom --> Babbage's Difference Engine --> Babbage's Analytical Engine --> Hollerith's Machine --> Mark I


What Did Sir Thomas Moreland Invent as an improvement of Napier's Bones?

He invented the insert device, which was stuffed into a hole drilled in Napiers bones, which allowed a metal plank to go in. Although it wasnt a great improvement, his science in the insert device helped to the creation of Condoms by his son Samuel.


Which country invented the abacus?

China invented the abacus .


Was the treaty of waitangi destroyed in napiers 1931 earthquake?

I do not think so.


Where did John Napier invent the Napier bones?

Napier's Bones, a system similar to an abacus which assists in the calculation of products and quotients, and also referred to as Rabdology, was first mentioned as a new invention by Napier in 1617 in Edinburgh, Scotland.