location arithmetic
English
Etymology
Calque of Latin arithmeticae localis, coined by Scottish landowner and mathematician John Napier (1550–1617) in his 1617 treatise Rabdologiæ (written in Latin).
Noun
location arithmetic (uncountable)
- (arithmetic) A device and technique described in Napier's treatise Rabdologiæ for performing multiplication, division and extraction of square roots by using counters to represent numbers in binary.
Translations
device and technique to aid in performing arithmetic calculations
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See also
- Napier's bones
- promptuary
- rabdology