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: Juanelo Turriano The first android in the Western World, a completely mechanical figure which simulated a living human or animal, […]
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6 Facts about the Steam Man Steam Man History Zadoc Dederick, born August 8, 1849, worked for the patent attorney and was […]
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Who was Johann Strasser Born Johann Georg Strasser, Johann Strasser was a remarkable Austrian technician, clockmaker, and mechanic who created […]
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Philon of Byzantion – Biography, History, and Inventions Philon of Byzantion Very little is known about the greek scientist Philon (ca. […]
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: Calvin Mooers Calvin Northrup Mooers (1919-1994) was an American computer scientist who was an influential figure in the early information […]
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: Leonardo da Vinci’s Automata: History Leonardo da Vinci was a painter, engineer, sculptor, scientist, and architect who embodied the High […]
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Who Was Wolfgang von Kempelen? Wolfgang von Kempelen is a man revered for his inventions that created hot debate in […]
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Who Was Joseph Marie Jacquard? Joseph Marie Charles Jacquard was a French weaver who played an important role in the […]
Euphonia The German Joseph Faber, born around 1800 in Freiburg Breisgau, near Schwarzwald, came at a young age to Vienna, […]
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Giovanni Fontana More then half a century before the extraordinary machine drawings of Leonardo da Vinci, the first technology manuscript […]
Who Was Heron (Hero) of Alexandria? Greek mathematician and engineer Hero of Alexandria was active in his native city of Alexandria, […]
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Electric Dog of Hammond and Miessner History Seleno, the Electric Dog, was invented in 1912 and was considered the ancestor […]
Ctesibius Ctesibius (Greek Κτησίβιος) of Alexandria, Egypt, was a Greek inventor and mathematician, the first great figure of the ancient engineering […]
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The creators of robot word, Karel Čapek (left), and his brother Josef Čapek (right) Karel Capek The robot word was conceived in […]
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Basile Bouchon The first industrial application of a (semi)-automated machine was made in the early eighteenth century by a modest […]
The Arabic Automata After the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the end of 5th century, the western and […]
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In this section will be presented some simple calculating devices, which are not so clever, to be presented in other […]
5 Facts About the Abacus Abacus History As the most ancient calculator known, the origin and inventor of the abacus is […]
What are Logarithms: Complete Explanation A logarithm is the power which a certain number is raised to get another number. […]
History of Computers and Computing, Calculating tools In this section will be examined some calculating tools, used by mankind in the […]
History of Computers and Computing, Calculating tools, Gadgets, Jacot des Combes Eugène Jacot des Combes Yet another Parisian watchmaker (after Ernest-Narcisse Lobbé) […]
Who was Samuel Young? Samuel Young was a man who lived in the mid-1850s and started his life working as […]
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Facts about Napier’s Bones Napier’s Bones History Napier’s Bones is a manual calculating device using strips of ivory or other types […]
History of Computers and Computing, Calculating tools, Gadgets, Elizur Wright Elizur Wright In 1860s, Elizur Wright (see biography of Elizur Wright), an […]
Ezra Edgar Witter Ezra Edgar Witter was a holder of many (at least 15) US and Canadian patents between 1888 and […]
About Charles Webb The American poet, author, journalist and inventor Charles Henry Webb was a very interesting person. Born on […]
: The Calculators of Louis Troncet After the slide adders of Claude Perrault, Caze and Heinrich Kummer, in 1889 the Frenchman […]
During the age of invention, some ideas were simply too big and too great to be contained by one […]
Frederick Parsons Warren around 1868 (© Michigan State University) Calculating Engine of Frederick Warren In 1864, Frederick Warren, a young man […]
History of Computers and Computing, Mechanical calculators, 19th century, Charles Weiss : Charles Weiss On August 31, 1886, Charles W. Weiss of […]
