Artifact Details

Title

Napier's Bones, original set

Catalog Number

102622416

Type

Still Image

Description

Black and white image of original set of Napier's Bones.
Verso paper label: "Pictured is an original set of Napier's Bones, a palm-sized calculator designed by John Napier in 1617. It is one of hundreds of classic artifacts at the Computer Museum, Boston, Mass., that chronicles the history of computing from the abacus to the silicon chip."

Publisher

Computer History Museum

Place of Publication

Boston, MA, US

Identifying Numbers

Other number #1890 Verso
Other number #1894 Verso

Dimensions

8 x 10 in.

Category

Photograph

Credit

Courtesy of Gwen Bell

Lot Number

X7413.2015