Assertion: adding machine | /r/CapableOf | assist in multiplication
Facets:
value: through the calculation of partial products
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Pascal tried to create a smoothly functioning adding machine for use by his father initially, and later for commercialisation, while the adding machine in Schickard's design appears to have been introduced to assist in multiplication (through the calculation of partial products using Napier's rods, a process that can also be used to assist division).