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| has gloss | eng: Genaille-Lucas rulers (also known as Genailles rods) is an arithmetic tool invented by Henri Genaille, a French railway engineer, in 1891. The device is a variant of Napiers bones. By representing the carry graphically, the user can read off the results of simple multiplication problems directly, with no intermediate mental calculations. |
| lexicalization | eng: Genaille-Lucas rulers |
| instance of | e/Calculating machine |
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