She'll have a mission! I can't wait to get some new appliances, the stove is nearly 20 years old and looks very dated, I'm tasting a solid surface instead of burners! And I can't wait to have a back-up fridge in the garage, that's where our 15 year old white one will go, for when we entertain or when Woody hunts. Oh, bliss! Extra room.
The abacus was one of the earliest counting devices in Asia and parts of Europe. It is still used today for arithmetic: adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing. [ Pictures ] [ Brief History ] [ Bibliography ] [ Related Links ].f that wasn't enough, things in nature were used like shells, twigs, pebbles, stones, and so forth. It is a good idea to think about the history of arithmetic, mathematics, writing and recorded information.
1 Ancient Abacus: The First Computer An abacus, sometimes called a counting frame, is an ancient calculation tool.2  It consists on a bamboo or wood frame that hold several rods, in which balls or beads can slide â¦. The Abacus Defined and Other Calculating Tools The word abacus derives from the Greek abax, and is defined in English as a manual counting tool made from a wooden frame strung together with wooden rods and movable countâ¦.