Monday, March 02, 2015

17th Century Wearable Abacus



This fully functional abacus ring from the Chinese Qing Dynasty is made of pure silver.  It has seven rods and on each rod there are seven beads that move smoothly along the silver rods. A small tool is needed to operate the beads because fingers are too large to do the job.



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