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Izrael Abraham Staffel The Polish Jew Izrael Abraham Staffel was born in 1814 to an impoverished family in Warsaw, Poland, then […]
History of Computers and Computing, Mechanical calculators, 19th century, Joseph Abraham Valentine Turck Joseph Turck Joseph Abraham Valentine Turck (1870-1956) was a […]
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: Chaim Zelig Slonimski The Polish/Russian Jew Chaim Zelig Slonimski (see biography of Chaim Zelig Slonimski) was a Hebrew publisher, […]
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: Victor Schilt The calculating machine of the Swiss clockmaker Victor (or Viktor) Schilt (1822-1880) was exhibited in 1851 at […]
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: Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué In 1844 the French Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué from Strasbourg (see biography of Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué), together with his son […]
Saxonia Calculating Machine History Saxonia was among the first mechanical calculator invented by three Mechanics working in the factory of […]
History of Computers and Computing, Mechanical calculators, 19th century, Eduard Selling : Eduard Selling In 1886 the professor of mathematics at […]
: The Machines of David Roth The pin-wheel mechanism, known from the sketch of Leibniz and machines of Poleni (1709) […]
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Henry Pottin In the middle 1870s, the French engineer Henry Pottin patented the first key-set crank-operated machine and made the […]
History of Computers and Computing, Mechanical calculators, 18th century, Du Bois D. Parmelee’s key adder Du Bois D. Parmelee In 1850 […]
About the Tate-Layton Machine The Tate-Layton machine was largely based on the work of Thomas de Colmar and other […]
Who was Wilhelm Küttner Friedrich Wilhelm Küttner (1841-1920), a German businessman from Burgk bei Potschappel (near Dresden), chose to spend […]
Who Was Willgodt Odhner? Willgodt Odhner was a Swedish inventor and engineer. He invented a mechanical calculator and founded a […]
History of Computers and Computing, Mechanical calculators, 19th century, Maurel and Jayet The arithmaurel of Maurel and Jayet In 1841 in […]
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: Manipolatore Aritmetico of Niccola Guinigi (Created with the expert advice of Mr. Silvio Hénin, Milan, Italy) In the 1850s (or even […]
: George Grant’s Calculating Machines Between 1872 and 1898, the American George Barnard Grant (see biography of George Barnard Grant) of […]
: The Adding Device of Kummer Several people experimented with versions of simple mechanical calculators that involved strips of metal with […]
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Four Facts About Tito Gonnella’s Adding Machines Tito Gonnella’s Adding Machines History The Italian scientist and inventor Tito Filippo Gonnella (1794–1867), professor […]
Four Facts About Comptometer Comptometer: History In 1884, a young machinist named Dorr Eugene Felt at Ostrander and Huke machine workshop in Chicago observed […]
4 Facts about the Arithmometer of Thomas de Colmar Arithmometer History During his lengthy stay with the armies of Marchall Soult, where […]
History of Computers and Computing, Mechanical calculators, 19th century, Joseph Edmondson : Joseph Edmondson’s circular calculating machine In 1883 Joseph Edmondson from […]
: The Ternary Calculating Machine of Thomas Fowler During the 1830’s the Englishman Thomas Fowler (see biography of Thomas Fowler) became […]
Pafnuty Chebyshev Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev (Пафнутий Львович Чебышёв) (1821-1894) was a prominent Russian mathematician, professor of algebra, number theory, and […]
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Arthur Burkhardt In 1876 Curt Dietzschold (1852-1922), a German mechanical engineer from Dresden was invited to come in Glashütte (a small […]
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History of Computers and Computing, Mechanical calculators, 19th century, Otto Büttner Otto Büttner In 1883 Karl Otto Büttner, a mechanical engineer from […]
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3 Facts About The Burroughs Adding Machine The Burroughs Adding Machine can still be purchased today from sites like eBay, […]
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Edmund Dana Barbour (Source: Harvard University Archives, HUGFP 125.32, Box 1, Folder Barbour) Edmund Barbour In 1872, a certain Edmund D. Barbour […]
Frank Baldwin The state of calculating machine design by 1870s can be seen in a note, appearing in a 1872 issue […]
While many of the greatest inventors of the 19th century are known only for what’s on their patent, the […]
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Michael Bouchet Michael Bouchet (1827-1903) from Louisville, Kentucky, USA, was a holder of two USA patents for single-column adding devices (known […]
León Bollée After the first two machines, representing the class of direct-multiplying machines of Barbour and Verea, which remained relatively unknown, […]
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: The arithmetic machine of Johann Reichold The article was written with the expert help ofMr. Stephan Weiss,www.mechrech.info Until now, the information […]
The Conquering of the World — 19th century More than two centuries elapsed between the introduction of the first mechanical calculator […]
: The calculating machines of Charles Stanhope The British statesman and versatile scientist Charles Stanhope, Viscount Mahon (see biography of […]
: The calculating machine of Giovanni Poleni The professor of astronomy, meteorology and mathematics and Marquis of the Holy Roman […]
: Jacob-Rodrigues Pereire In the 1751 issue of the earliest scientific journal in Europe—the french Le Journal des Sçavans, was […]
Way back in 1730, the French Academy of Sciences — one of the leading authorities on scientific and mathematical […]
Who was Jewna Jakobson? Jewna Jakobson was a Hebrew clockmaker, mechanician, and by extension, a jeweler in the court of […]
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Up Next… The Calculating Machine of Jacob Leupold In 1727, after the death of the prominent german scientist, instrument maker, physicist and […]
: The Machine Arithmetique of de Lépine In 1735, a six volume set of books was published by Jean Gaffin Gallon—Machines […]
History of Computers and Computing, Mechanical calculators, 18th century, Jacob Auch The Adding Device of Jacob Auch The German Jacob Auch (1765-1842) […]
Philipp Matthäus Hahn The cylindrical calculating machines of the German parson Philipp Matthäus Hahn (see biography of Philipp Matthäus Hahn) were […]
History of Computers and Computing, Mechanical calculators, 18th century, Gersten The Arithmetical Machine of Christian Ludwig Gersten Christian Ludwig Gersten (1701-1762) (see […]
History of Computers and Computing, Mechanical calculators, 18th century: Caze The New Arithmetical Machine of Caze The adding device of Caze, […]
Anton Braun The German mechanic, constructor and optician Anton (Antonius) Braun (see biography of Anton Braun) (1686-1728) from Möhringen (Baden-Württemberg, Germany), […]
Man-Computer Symbiosis J. C. R. Licklider IRE Transactions on Human Factors in Electronics, volume HFE-1, pages 4-11, March 1960 Summary Man-computer symbiosis is an […]
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History of Computers and Computing, Internet, Internet conquers the world Internet conquers the world Why did the Internet become such a ubiquitous […]
History of Computers and Computing, Internet, Maturing of the Net : Maturing of the Net In this section will be presented […]
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First Computer Virus History The First Computer Virus, Creeper, was named after a Scooby-Doo cartoon show character. Creeper was written […]
History of Computers and Computing, Internet, Birth, First chat program of Murray Turoff First chat program of Murray Turoff In 1971 […]
