... THE NAPIER FAMILY. [From the Dublin Press.] The Napiere, of Mercbistoun, are ore of the oldest families in Scotland. Sir John Napier, the celebrated in- ventor of logarithms, was lineally descended from Sir Alex- ander Napier, who held courtly offices ...

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