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Who invented Napier's bone ?

  1. John Napier

  2. William Napier

  3. Napier Bone

  4. Charles Babbage
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John Napier, a Scottish mathematician, invented Napier's bones in 1617 as a calculating tool for multiplication and division. It was an early form of a mechanical calculator using numbered rods. William Napier and Charles Babbage were not the inventors of this device.

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