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Napier, John

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Laird of Merchiston, mathematician, born in Merchiston Castle, near Edin burgh; famed over the world as the inventor of logarithms; wrote a book on the Apocalypse, which contains some plain-spoken counsel to King James; believed in astrology, and was addicted to divination as well as mechanical invention (1550-1617).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Napier, John'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​n/napier-john.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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