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Genaille–Lucas rulers (also known as Genaille's rods) are an arithmetic tool invented by Henri Genaille, a French railway engineer, in 1891. The device is a variant of Napier's bones . By representing the carry graphically, the user can read off the results of simple multiplication problems directly, with no intermediate mental calculations .
A Cristal Baschet. The Cristal Baschet is a contemporary musical instrument developed in 1952 by the brothers Bernard and François Baschet.Models of the crystal organs range from 3.5 to 6 octaves and are made of 56 chromatically tuned glass rods.
19th century book of incantations, written by a Welsh physician. An incantation, spell, charm, enchantment, or bewitchery is a magical formula intended to trigger a magical effect on a person or objects.
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There is some evidence [citation needed] that, in addition to being a writing system, runes historically served purposes of magic.This is the case from the earliest epigraphic evidence of the Roman to the Germanic Iron Age, with non-linguistic inscriptions and the alu word.
When she finally opens it, the package includes survival items, such as a satellite phone, GPS locater, fishing rod, water purifier and more. All of which could have been used to help him survive ...
At just 19 years old, Eldiara Doucette — known on social media as "Bionic Barbie" — was diagnosed with synovial sarcoma, a rare form of soft tissue cancer that affects only 1,000 people per ...
Counting rods (筭) are small bars, typically 3–14 cm (1" to 6") long, that were used by mathematicians for calculation in ancient East Asia.