Homepage of P. Christopher Staecker: Genaille rods

Genaille rods (also called Genaille-Lucas rods) is an old tool used for multiplying or dividing a large number by a single digit.

About the rods

Here is a short video I made about Genaille Rods.

This is part of my series of videos about antique computational devices. Here is the full series playlist

Download & Images

Here are two two-page PDFs with high-quality images of the rods. If you print this on 8½×11 paper, each rod will be 1 inch wide, which is the perfect size to be glued onto paint-stirring sticks. Make sure they all line up.

You can also download SVG of the rods, which is what you see below.

Standard rods for multiplication & division


Custom rods

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