John Napier
Because he wanted a simple calculating device. (It's "bones" actually.)
John Napier invented the Napier's Bone
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John Napier invented the Napier`s bone in 1617
napiers bone
Napier's Bones. It was a type of abacus.
Napier's bones, used for calculating products and quotients of numbers was also called Rabdology. Napier first published his method in 1617.
John Napier, renowned for his work involving logarithms was born in 1550 and died in 1617.
The probable cause of Napier's death was complications arising from gout, although this can now never be known with certainty.
John Napier invented mathmatician's.
He invented "maths".