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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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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 […]
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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: 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 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 […]
: The calculating machines of Charles Stanhope The British statesman and versatile scientist Charles Stanhope, Viscount Mahon (see biography of […]
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, 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), […]
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 […]
Who was Herbert Wells? Herbert Wells (also known as H.G. Wells) was an English writer and published author. He was knowledgeable […]
Jules Verne The great French novelist and poet Jules Gabriel Verne (1828–1905) is best known for his adventure novels and […]
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Who Was Wilhelm Ostwald? Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald, known throughout his life as Wilhelm Ostwald, was born on September 2nd, 1853. […]
History of Computers and Computing, Internet, Dreamers, Mark Twain The Telectrophonoscope of Mark Twain The great American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens […]
Who was Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla was born in 1856; he was a Serbian-American engineer and scientist who produced hundreds […]
History of Computers and Computing, Internet, Dreamers, George Stibitz Distant Computer Work George Stibitz—remote access to a computer The Relay Computers […]
