Christie's will sell an example of the first calculating machine in history, developed by Blaise Pascal in 1642, at an upcoming auction in Paris.
The last Pascaline arithmetic machine in private hands will be sold at Christie’s Paris on November 19 where it is expected to command a handsome sum between €2 million and €3 million ($2.4 million–$3 ...
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to mathematician Eugenia Cheng about the Pascaline -- a 17th-century invention credited as the first mechanical calculator.
Translation of: Avis nécessaire à ceux qui auront curiosité de voir la Machine d'Arithmétique et de s'en servir. Extracted from: Smith, David Eugene, compiler. A source book in mathematics. New York : ...
Introduction -- Carrying tens : Pascal, Morland, and the challenge of machine calculation -- First carry ; Babbage and Clement mechanize table making -- Artisans and their philosophers : Leibniz and ...
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