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- adjective Of or relating to John Napier (1550–1617),
Scottish mathematician who discoveredlogarithms .
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Examples
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Think what great intelligence is required by the Napierian system, to raise a decimal that never terminates, to a decimal power that never terminates, in order to produce an integral number.
The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments
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I repeated, quoting my favourite Napierian motto again.
Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant John B. [Illustrator] Greene
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The wonderful calculations by logarithms, whether by the common system with a base of 10, or the Napierian system with a base of 2. 718+ a decimal that never terminates, are possible and reliable only because God made them so.
The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments
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Napier & Sons, invents the Napierian vacuum coffee machine to make coffee by distillation and filtration, but the idea is never patented.
All About Coffee 1909
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Thomas Smith & Son (Elkington & Company, Ltd., successors) began to manufacture at Glasgow, Scotland, about 1870, the Napierian vacuum coffee machine which had been invented in 1840 -- but never patented -- by
All About Coffee 1909
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Smith & Son, Glasgow, Scotland, (Elkington & Co., successors), begin the manufacture of the Napierian vacuum coffee-making machines for brewing coffee by distillation.
All About Coffee 1909
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The Napierian coffee machine has enjoyed great popularity in England.
All About Coffee 1909
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List's patent is for an improvement on the Napierian system and was granted in
All About Coffee 1909
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[10], although, confusingly natural logarithms are sometimes called Naperian (or Napierian) logarithms.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Ltd., successors) began, in 1870, the manufacture of the Napierian coffee-making machine at Glasgow,
All About Coffee 1909
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