(16) She gazed up at the sky while clutching a large abacus in her arms as if it were a musical instrument. An abacus is an ancient tool used for calculating that remains popular in some places even today.
(15) The waterleaf is a broad, unribbed, tapering leaf curving up towards the angle of the abacus and turned in at the top. (14) But for millions of people in the countryside, the abacus is still more common than a laptop. in China, where it was called ÔÇÿsuan-panÔÇÖ. (13) The abacus, as we know it today, first made its appearance in 1200 A.D. (12) They also had traditional toys such as an abacus, building bricks and fridge magnet numbers. (11) The new system may be simpler but you still need an abacus to work it out. (10) The uppermost molding, or abacus, of this capital is 2.8 meters wide. (9) At the same time, there has been a revival of interest in the ancient methods of calculation, especially the use of simple and unsophisticated gadgets such as the abacus. (8) If we could build a fully functioning quantum computer, it would represent an advance on the traditional electronic computer as big as the electronic computer represents over the abacus. (7) The abacus is between the architrave and the aechinus in the capital. (6) The capital displays on three of its faces a single naked male dancer, whose head is positioned on the central axis, midway between volutes, as if to form a console supporting the abacus.
(5) Our eventual aim is to display the complete history of computing, from the abacus to the latest machines. (4) Use a calculator, put pencil to paper, try an abacus. (3) Numbers are better manipulated as calculus stones or abacus beads than in human memory. (2) A young man sat against the wall doing calculation with an abacus and recording data onto paper. (1) This time a simpleton working an abacus could probably project the winner.
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