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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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3 Facts About The Burroughs Adding Machine The Burroughs Adding Machine can still be purchased today from sites like eBay, usually […]
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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 truth […]
Edmund Dana Barbour (Source: Harvard University Archives, HUGFP 125.32, Box 1, Folder Barbour) Edmund Barbour In 1872, a certain Edmund D. Barbour […]
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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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: Reichold was a expert at woodworking, and he carved and constructed wooden clocks and other things including an arithmetic […]
The Conquering of the World — 19th century More than two centuries elapsed between the introduction of the first mechanical calculator […]
A Portrait Drawing of Giovanni Poleni. The calculating machine of Giovanni Poleni The professor of astronomy, meteorology and mathematics and Marquis […]
A Portrait of Jacob-Rodrigues Pereire. Jacob-Rodrigues Pereire In the 1751 issue of the earliest scientific journal in Europe—the french Le Journal des […]
A Portrait of Charles Stanhope. The calculating machines of Charles Stanhope The British statesman and versatile scientist Charles Stanhope, Viscount Mahon (see […]
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Up Next… Jaco Leupold (1674–1727) was a German scientist, instrument maker, physicist and mathematician wrote Theatrum arithmetico-geometricum, the best illustrated work […]
: Jean Gaffin Gallon, an engineer, published a six book set in 1735 recording including descriptions and engravings of all […]
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Way back in 1730, the French Academy of Sciences — one of the leading authorities on scientific and mathematical inventions, […]
Who was Jewna Jakobson? Jewna Jakobson was a Hebrew clockmaker, mechanician, and by extension, a jeweler in the court of Polish […]
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, created […]
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. LickliderIRE Transactions on Human Factors in Electronics,volume HFE-1, pages 4-11, March 1960 Summary Man-computer symbiosis is an expected […]
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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 some people […]
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History of Computers and Computing, Internet, Birth, First chat program of Murray Turoff First chat program of Murray Turoff In 1971 the […]
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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 in […]
The First E-mail Message of Ray Tomlinson No doubt, there were other people, who developed similar programs before Tomlinson. SDC’s Q32 […]
History of Computers and Computing, Internet, Birth, first digital library Michael Hart Michael Hart and Project Gutenberg—First Digital Library In the beginning […]
The World Wide Web of Tim Berners-Lee Tim Berners-Lee used to say: “I just had to take the hypertext idea and […]
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When on 4th of October, 1957, the USSR launched Sputnik I (a 70 kgs bleeping sphere the size of a […]
Jules Verne The great French novelist and poet Jules Gabriel Verne (1828–1905) is best known for his adventure novels and his […]
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Wilhelm Ostwald©Nicola Perscheid, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons – License Who Was Wilhelm Ostwald? Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald, known throughout his life as […]
History of Computers and Computing, Internet, Dreamers, George Stibitz Distant Computer Work juana la loca / CC BY-ND 2.0, Flickr George Stibitz—remote […]
History of Computers and Computing, Internet, Dreamers, Mark Twain The Telectrophonoscope of Mark Twain The great American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835–1910), […]
Nikola Tesla – Scientist Who was Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla was born in 1856; he was a Serbian-American engineer and scientist who […]
: Claude Chappe d’Auteroche developed the first widely adopted system for transmitting messages overland, and the first practical telecommunications system […]
: Robert Hooke conducted experiments in the area of acoustics, and discovered that sound could be transmitted over wire or […]
: Murray Leinster was an American fiction writer, primarily science fiction, who wrote almost 1,500 short stories and essays, 14 […]
History of Computers and Computing, Internet, Dreamers, Emanuel Goldberg Emanuel Goldberg In the 1920s the German scientist Emanuel Goldberg (see the biography […]
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: Vannevar Bush created a new mechanized file and library system he termed a “Memex.” Memex would look like a desk […]
Jorge Luis Borges – Biography, History, and Inventions Jorge Luis Borges A Z Animals Contributors Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (24 August […]
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The History of YouTube: What to Know YouTube (an American online video sharing platform owned by Google) was launched on February […]
The History of eBay: What to Know On September 4th, 1995, the 28-year-old software developer, entrepreneur, and founder Pierre Omidyar launched […]
Digg of Kevin Rose Kevin Rose is an American Internet Entrepreneur, known for his several Internet start-ups. He is the co-founder […]
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Photo of Yahoo webpage on a monitor screen, circa Dec 11, 2013 in Johor, Malaysia. Yahoo! is an Internet portal […]
The History of Wikipedia: What to Know Wikipedia is a free digital encyclopedia that allows everyone and anyone to freely share […]
The history of Napster dates back to 1999. It was developed by Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker as a P2P […]