The Abacus - Beads, rods and frames
Abak, abax, and all the rest | |
The roots of the name Abacus are not clear. The word originated
in ancient Europe. | |
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Software for learning, training, and fun
AbacusWorks - An abacus software (under development)
myAnzan - An anzan software (training mental calculation)
NumDict - a number and exercise dictation program
A large link collection with material for all kinds of abaci
The Abacist's Guide to the Internet
Some abacus resources
The Virtual Abacus Exhibition. A gallery of different abacus types (under construction).
Calculation and neagative numbers. How to use negative numbers on a soroban.
A Korean abacus grandmaster (PDF file). This is the English translation of an article originally from a German magazine.
Soroban - useful-manual.pdf (2.8MB). This is a soroban manual by "The League for Soroban Education of Japan"
Japanese for Abacists (PDF, 0.5MB). This document is a draft version. It intends to help understand some basic written Japanese with respect to the words and phrases that occur when dealing with Japanese bead calculation (wasan).
Last update: 28 June 2005 - Torsten Reincke - reincke@typoscriptics.de
