Promptuary
The promptuary was a calculating machine invented by the 16th-century Scottish mathematician John Napier and described in the second edition of his book Rabdologiae in which he also described Napier's bones. It performed multidigit multiplication by means of a system of metal plates, inscribed with numbers, that were placed inside a box and turned according to Napier's instructions..
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