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Encyclopaedia of the history of science, technology, and medicine in non-western cultures Hardcover - 2008
by Selin, Helaine [Editor]
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ABACUS The abacus has taken several physical forms: a board covered with dust or wax, or simply a patch of sand on the ground which could be marked out: a tabulation or table marked out m columns within which counters (usually discs but in China bamboo rods) could be placed and moved about; a series of grooves in which counters could slide; and a frame with rods or strings on which beads could be strung so as to slide along.
Details
- Title Encyclopaedia of the history of science, technology, and medicine in non-western cultures
- Author Selin, Helaine [Editor]
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 2nd
- Language ENG
- Publisher Springer, Berlin
- Date 2008
- ISBN 9781402045592
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007931240