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  1. People From Falkirk (Council Area): Charles John Napier
  2. Baltimore Comets Players: Alan Mayer, John Napier, Dennis Wit, Terry Anderson, Roger Saint-Vil, Keith Aqui, Peter Silvester, Allan Gilliver
  3. Argosy August 1973 Magazine Volume 377 Number 8
  4. 16th-Century Scottish People: John Napier, James Iv of Scotland, James V of Scotland, Robert Abercromby, James Balfour, Lord Pittendreich
  5. Mem. - J. Cruckshank & C. Bell, against Sebastian Henderson. G. Napier, agent. Mr Sinclair, clk. Memorial for John Cruckshank and Charles Bell, distillers at Barnshill, near Linlithgow, chargers by John Cruckshank, 2010-08-06
  6. Military Order of Maria Theresa Recipients: Franz Joseph I of Austria, Jurij Vega, Johann Von Klenau, Charles John Napier
  7. John Napier Discovers Logarithms: An entry from Gale's <i>Science and Its Times</i> by P. Andrew Karam, 2001
  8. Scottish Theologians: John Napier, John Knox, David Livingstone, Richard of Saint Victor, Hugh Binning, Duns Scotus, George Campbell, John Dury
  9. Mathématicien Écossais: James Clerk Maxwell, James Watt, Alexander Anderson, Peter Guthrie Tait, Eric Temple Bell, John Napier, John Arbuthnot (French Edition)
  10. Scottish Astronomers: John Napier, David Brewster, Robert H. Mcnaught, James Dunlop, Thomas Brisbane, John Campbell, James Gregory, Thomas Dick
  11. Mathematiker (16. Jahrhundert): Galileo Galilei, Nikolaus Kopernikus, Albrecht Dürer, Adam Ries, John Napier, Erasmus Reinhold (German Edition)
  12. Bobeur Américain: Willie Davenport, Steven Holcomb, Edward Eagan, Curtis Tomasevicz, John Napier, Steve Mesler, Justin Olsen, Todd Hays (French Edition)
  13. An account of the life, writings, and inventions of John Napier, of Merchiston by David Stewart Erskine, 1787-01-01
  14. San Diego Jaws Players: Alan Mayer, John Napier, Doug Wark, Brian Joy, Art Welch, Dennis Wit, Derek Trevis, Keith Aqui, Peter Silvester

61. (NAPIER, John.)., Napier Tercentenary Memorial Volume.
Edited by Cargill Gilston Knott. Plates (several in color). 441 pp. Large 4to, orig.white cloth (somewhat soiled), gilt, uncut. London Longmans, Green
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(NAPIER, John.). Napier Tercentenary Memorial Volume. London: Longmans, Green, 1915. Edited by Cargill Gilston Knott. Plates (several in color). 441 pp. Large 4to, orig. white cloth (somewhat soiled), gilt, uncut. London: Longmans, Green, 1915. A valuable volume with historical and bibliographical articles by such leading authorities as Cajori, D. Eugene Smith, and d'Ocagne. With a detailed bibliography of the books exhibited at the Tercentenary. This item is listed on Bibliopoly by Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller Inc. ; click here for further details.

62. Overview Of Sir John Napier
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John Napier of Merchiston
Mathematician, inventor and astronomer. Born at Merchiston Castle (Edinburgh) into a wealthy family, Napier was the eldest son of Sir Archibald Napier (1534 - 1608). He was educated at St. Salvator's College, St. Andrews and became a staunch Calvinist. He devised "Napier's Rods" or "Napier's Bones" which permitted easy multiplication by addition. This led to his best remembered work: the concept of logarithms, which he described in Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio (1614). He also invented the decimal point and a hydraulic screw pump to remove water from coal mines. Napier also proposed a number of new weapons, including a device based on mirrors to set fire to enemy ships by focussing a high-intensity light beam, an armoured wagon and a submarine. He also experimented in agricultural improvement on his estates. His son to his first wife, Elizabeth, became the first Lord Napier. In 1572, he married Agnes Chisholm and they settled on his family estate at Gartness, near Killearn (Stirling). Napier was buried at St. Cuthbert's Church in Edinburgh. If you have found this information useful please consider
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63. High-Tech Dictionary Definition
Definition for napier, john A Scottish mathematician (15501617) who inventedlogarithms. SEARCH. www.wsicorporate.com/business.asp?id=77226.
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64. Napier, John
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65. Napier, John
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66. Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick - Columbia Encyclopedia® Article About Napi
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67. Genealogy Data
napier, john C Birth MAY 1872 Kentucky Death UNKNOWN Gender Male Parents.Father napier, McCager Mother Campbell, Elizabeth
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68. John Napier: "A Great Man"
john napier has gone down in history as the Scottish mathematician who There is a lot, however, about the works and life of john napier that has been
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“Writing about the middle of the eighteenth century, David Hume proclaimed John Napier of Merchiston as the ‘person to whom the title of a great man is more justly due than to any other whom his country ever produced’.” When Hume awarded the first place among his countrymen to Napier, it was doubtless from an enlightened conviction that his work had been of great service to humanity. John Napier has gone down in history as the Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms (1614) and ‘Napier’s bones’, an early mechanical calculating device for multiplication and division. There is a lot, however, about the works and life of John Napier that has been obscured by the passage of time, and when it is revealed it will shed light on the intriguing personality of the man who passed among his contemporaries as a trafficker with Satan. A Man Ahead Of His Time
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Sir Archibald Napier, the father of John, fully maintained his ancestors reputation for energy and sagacity. In his day, he also held an important public office: he was a Justice-Depute under the Earl of Argyll and for more than thirty years he was Master of the Mint. It should be stressed that Sir Archibald identified himself with Protestantism from the first, but apparently his zeal was not such as to satisfy either religious party in the country. However, his Protestant religious inclination was to have a decisive impact on the career of his son. Sir Archibald was twice married: he had three children by his first wife, Janet Bothwell, of which the eldest was John and ten by his second wife.

69. Undusting Napier's Bones
Attempts to shed some light on the life and works of john napier. Biographicalinformation about the Scottish mathematician, as well as information on his
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Welcome to the Web Site that attempts to shed some light on the life and works of John Napier. Here you will find biographical information about the Scottish mathematician, as well as, information on his ingenious arithmetic trick called Napier’s bones . In addition, a Java simulation of Napier’s bones is also available, in order for you to experience first hand the excitement that the 16th century world felt at this great invention.
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70. NAPIER, John R. - Pottawattamie County, Iowa
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71. Napier
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El escocés Napier estudió matemática sólo como un hobby. En el año 1614 publicó una descripción de como multiplicar y dividir con la ayuda de los logaritmos. También fue él quién asignó la palabra logaritmo. Independientemente de Napier pero algo después el Suizo Burgi trabajó con una tabla para la multiplicación de logaritmos.
Ni Napier ni Burgi tuvieron una base especial para sus sistemas de logaritmos. Fue el Inglés Henry Briggs, un amigo de Napier, quién comenzó a usar los logaritmos en base 10. Es por esto que llamamos logaritmos de base 10 a los logaritmos.

72. John Napier -- Facts, Info, And Encyclopedia Article
john napier (1550–April 4, 1617) was a (The dialect of English used in Scotland)Scottish (A person skilled in mathematics) mathematician and (Someone who
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John Napier (The dialect of English used in Scotland) Scottish (A person skilled in mathematics) mathematician and (Someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and moon) astrologer . He is most remembered as the inventor of (A logarithm to the base e) natural logarithm s, of (Click link for more info and facts about Napier's bones or Napier's rods Napier's bones or Napier's rods and for popularizing the (The dot at the left of a decimal fraction) decimal point . He was born in Merchiston Tower, (The capital of Scotland; located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth) Edinburgh . Although he did not invent the natural logarithm (A mathematical relation such that each element of one set is associated with at least one element of another set) function , it is sometimes known as the Napierian Logarithm
Napier is relatively little known outside mathematical circles where he made what is undoubtedly an extremely important advance in the history of mathematics. Logarithms made calculations by hand much easier and thereby opened the way to many later scientific advances. His work, Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio

73. John Napier (1550-1617)
john napier began his formal education at St Salvator s College in St Andrews john napier, growing up in a Protestant family, would have been well aware
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Copy of a Victorian representation found on the exterior of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh. Plaster. Height 105cm, maximun width 40cm. John Napier began his formal education at St Salvator's College in St Andrews in 1563 while Scotland was under the rule of the Catholic Mary Queen of Scots. Her arrival from France two years previously had exacerbated political and religious divisions in the country. John Napier, growing up in a Protestant family, would have been well aware of the theological conflicts of the day. He is thought to have spent only a year at St Andrews but throughout his life his aim was the advancement of the Calvinist cause against the `blindnesse of papists.' A Plaine Discovery of the Revelation of St John , published in 1593, was the result of the application of mathematical principles to the numbers scattered throughout the text of the Book of Revelations. Napier claimed to reveal its hidden meanings, including the exact year of the Apocalypse and the conclusion that the Pope was the antichrist. This work established him as a respected theologian throughout Protestant Europe and he considered it to be his greatest achievement. Safe in the knowledge that the world did not end in 1786, as he predicted, Napier is now more commonly remembered for the mathematical work he carried out later in his life.

74. Prime Ministers Of Canada - 1867 To Date
The Right Hon. john napier Turner, PC, CC, QC. Biographical Information. Date andPlace of Birth. 1929.06.07, Richmond, Surrey, England
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75. File WEBSITE.GED: NAPIER, John Bone - NAPIER, Marion Elizabeth
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77. NAPIER, John Light (1947-) Guide To Research Papers
The collection contains the papers that john napier and his staff used duringhis twoyear term as a United States Congressman. Most of these papers pertain
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78. Napier, John (1550-1617), Mathématicien écossais, Inventeur Des Logarithmes, D
Translate this page napier, john (1550-1617), mathématicien écossais, inventeur des logarithmes,destinés à simplifier les calculs de trigonométrie sphérique.
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79. John Napier
Translate this page john napier nació en 1550 en Edimburgo (Escocia) y allí fallece el 4 de abril de1617 A la temprana edad de 13 años ingresó en el Saint Salvador College,
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John Napier nació en 1550 en Edimburgo (Escocia) y allí fallece el 4 de abril de 1617
A la temprana edad de 13 años ingresó en el Saint Salvador College, donde estudió por espacio de 2 años. Luego viajó por toda Europa, principalmente a Francia y Holanda donde continuó sus estudios e investigaciones entre 1566 y 1571 en la Universidad St. Andrés. En 1571, retornó a Escocia y recorrió todos sus estados como un devoto religioso tomando parte en las controversias religiosas de ese tiempo. Fue un ferviente protestante y publicó lo que él consideró como su más importante trabajo, el Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John
Napier estudió matemática sólo como un hobby. En el año 1614 publicó una descripción de como multiplicar y dividir con la ayuda de los logaritmos. También fue él quién asignó la palabra logaritmo, que es una palabra Griega compuesta por logos que significa relación y arithmos que significa número. Independientemente de Napier pero algo después el Suizo Burgi trabajó con una tabla para la multiplicación de logaritmos. Ni Napier ni Burgi tuvieron una base especial para sus sistemas de logaritmos.

80. John Napier And Napier's Bones
In the early 1600s, a Scottish mathematician called john napier invented a toolcalled napier s Bones, which were multiplication tables inscribed on strips
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John Napier and Napier's Bones
In the early 1600s, a Scottish mathematician called John Napier invented a tool called Napier's Bones, which were multiplication tables inscribed on strips of wood or bone. Napier, who was the Laird of Merchiston, also invented logarithms, which greatly assisted in arithmetic calculations.
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In 1621, an English mathematician and clergyman called William Oughtred used Napier's logarithms as the basis for the slide rule (Oughtred invented both the standard rectilinear slide rule and the less commonly used circular slide rule). However, although the slide rule was an exceptionally effective tool that remained in common use for over three hundred years, like the abacus it also does not qualify as a mechanical calculator. a See also: Leonardo da Vinci's mechanical calculator Wilhelm Schickard's mechanical calculator Blaise Pascal's Arithmetic Machine Gottfried von Libniz's Step Reckoner ... The invention of the slide rule a These notes are abstracted from the book Bebop BYTES Back
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