Edmund Dana Barbour Updated: July 26, 2023 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment Edmund Dana Barbour (Source: Harvard University Archives, HUGFP 125.32, Box 1, Folder Barbour) Edmund Barbour In 1872, a certain Edmund D. Barbour […]
Staffel Updated: July 28, 2023 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment Izrael Abraham Staffel The Polish Jew Izrael Abraham Staffel was born in 1814 to an impoverished family in Warsaw, Poland, then […]
Claude Chappe Updated: July 26, 2023 by Abby | Leave a Comment : Claude Chappe The first widely adopted system for transmitting messages overland and first practical telecommunications system of the industrial age […]
Comptometer Explained – Everything You Need To Know Updated: July 27, 2023 by Abby | Leave a Comment Four Facts About Comptometer Comptometer: History In 1884, a young machinist named Dorr Eugene Felt at Ostrander and Huke machine workshop in Chicago observed […]
Clarence Locke Updated: July 25, 2023 by Abby | Leave a Comment : Locke Adder Clarence E. Locke (1866-1945) from Kensett, Iowa, USA, was a holder of 2 US and 2 German patents […]
Famous Art Heists and Where the Pieces Are Now Published: April 20, 2024 by Liam Frady Where do the pieces go from famous art heists? As enticing as it is to simply just go to the […] Taggedhistory
Gustavus Linderoos Updated: July 25, 2023 by Abby | Leave a Comment : Gustavus Linderoos On August 11, 1871, Captain Gustavus Linderoos (1818-1885) from Point Arena, Mendocino, California, filed a patent application for […]
George Stibitz Distant Computer Work Updated: April 16, 2024 by History Computer Staff | Leave a Comment History of Computers and Computing, Internet, Dreamers, George Stibitz Distant Computer Work George Stibitz—remote access to a computer The Relay Computers […]
Frank Baldwin Updated: July 26, 2023 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment Frank Baldwin The state of calculating machine design by 1870s can be seen in a note, appearing in a 1872 issue […]
Logic Theorist Explained – Everything You Need To Know Updated: April 16, 2024 by History Computer Staff | Leave a Comment 4 Facts About The Logic Theorist Logic Theorist History The inspiration for the Logic Theorist was sparked by various moments of pure […]
Adder Updated: July 24, 2023 by Austin S. | Leave a Comment From the mid-19th century to the early-20th century, inventors created a variety of mechanical calculators. Some featured nine or […]
Milton Jeffers – Complete Biography, History, and Inventions Updated: July 24, 2023 by Lisha Pace | Leave a Comment : While the 20th century saw inventors and mathematicians get closer and closer to the modern calculators and computers we […]
Arthur Burkhardt – Biography, History and Inventions Updated: November 30, 2022 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment Arthur Burkhardt In 1876 Curt Dietzschold (1852-1922), a German mechanical engineer from Dresden was invited to come in Glashütte (a small […]
Who Was Jonathan Swift? Updated: July 25, 2023 by Abby | Leave a Comment : Jonathan Swift, the notable 17th and 18th century Anglo-Irish satirist and author, might not seem like someone who played […]
Cash Register: The Complete History Updated: November 30, 2022 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment The History of the Cash Register: A Complete Guide The cash register may be part of all of our business experiences, […]
Charles Goldfarb Updated: July 26, 2023 by Dana Mayor | Leave a Comment Charles Goldfarb—the Godfather of Markup Languages The idea of markup languages was apparently first publicly presented by the engineer William […]
George Barnard Grant Updated: July 27, 2023 by Abby | Leave a Comment : George Grant’s Calculating Machines Between 1872 and 1898, the American George Barnard Grant (see biography of George Barnard Grant) of […]
Solomon Pool’s Adding Machine Updated: July 25, 2023 by Austin S. | Leave a Comment Adding machines are some of the most fascinating inventions and are important too. The early inventions were instrumental in […]
This Was the Typical American Diet During WWII Published: May 4, 2024 by David Beren During World War II, many of our favorite food ingredients like eggs, coffee, and meat were sent to the war […] Taggedhistory
Samuel Morland Updated: July 28, 2023 by Lisha Pace | Leave a Comment : The Calculating Machines of Sir Samuel Morland The polymath Samuel Morland (see biography of Samuel Morland), was a notable English […]
The Best War Memorial to Visit in Every State Published: May 15, 2024 by David Beren For better or worse, war has helped define the very foundations of America. Between breaking away from English rule or […] TaggedWar
The 12 Largest Machine Learning Companies In The World, And What They Do Updated: April 16, 2024 by Jacqueline Michelle | Leave a Comment Machine learning has taken the world by storm. Almost every industry and company has a machine learning system, from Amazon […] TaggedCompaniesMachine learning
Léon Bollée – Complete Biography, History, and Inventions Updated: July 31, 2023 by Lex Basu | Leave a Comment Who Was Léon Bollée? Léon Bollée was a notable French automobile inventor and manufacturer. He was born into the Amédée-Ernest […]
William Henry Hart – Complete Biography, History, and Inventions Updated: July 31, 2023 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment Who was William Henry Hart? William Henry Hart was an inventor, watchmaker, jewelry store owner, and proud incorporator of the […]
Albert Stettner Updated: December 4, 2022 by Heather | Leave a Comment History of Computers and Computing, Calculating tools, Gadgets, Albert Stettner Albert Stettner Albert Stettner Jr., a mechanic from Berlin, Prussia, was a […]
Ezra Edgar Witter Updated: April 16, 2024 by History Computer Staff | Leave a Comment Ezra Edgar Witter Ezra Edgar Witter was a holder of many (at least 15) US and Canadian patents between 1888 and […]
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Martial Roussel Updated: July 25, 2023 by Heather | Leave a Comment History of Computers and Computing, Calculating tools, Gadgets, Martial Roussel : Martial Roussel On 3 October, 1853, Martial Roussel, a member […]
Jacob Leupold Updated: July 26, 2023 by Abby | Leave a Comment Up Next… The Calculating Machine of Jacob Leupold In 1727, after the death of the prominent german scientist, instrument maker, physicist and […]
Simula – Guide: History, Origin, and More Updated: July 28, 2023 by Heather | 1 Comment on Simula – Guide: History, Origin, and More About Simula: What Is Simula: Explained Simula, an acronym for Simulation Language, is touted as the first object-oriented programming language […]
ENIAC Computer- Everything You Need To Know Updated: July 28, 2023 by Abby | Leave a Comment 6 Facts about ENIAC Computer The History of ENIAC Computer: What to know ENIAC’s and its contemporaries’ origins may be traced back […]
Giovanni Fontana – Biography, History and Inventions Updated: July 25, 2023 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment Giovanni Fontana More then half a century before the extraordinary machine drawings of Leonardo da Vinci, the first technology manuscript […]
Giovanni Poleni Updated: July 26, 2023 by Heather | Leave a Comment : The calculating machine of Giovanni Poleni The professor of astronomy, meteorology and mathematics and Marquis of the Holy Roman […]
Xerox Notetaker Guide: History, Origin, and More Updated: April 16, 2024 by History Computer Staff | Leave a Comment Four Facts About the Xerox NoteTaker The History of Xerox NoteTaker: What to Know The NoteTaker was one of the first portable […]
Samuel Butler: Complete Biography, History, and Inventions Updated: July 25, 2023 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment Samuel Butler was an English novelist who is best known for his novels Erewhon and The Way of All Flesh. […]
William Stanley Jevons – Complete Biography, History, and Inventions Updated: July 28, 2023 by Abby | Leave a Comment : Who Was William Stanley Jevons? Born on September 1, 1835, William Stanley Jevons was a writer, English economist, and […]
Frank Baldwin – Biography, History and Inventions Updated: July 31, 2023 by Lex Basu | Leave a Comment Frank Baldwin Early Life and Education Frank Stephen Baldwin was born on 10 April, 1838, in New Hartford, Connecticut, in the […]
Howard Aiken Updated: February 24, 2023 by Abby | Leave a Comment : Howard Aiken proved that a machine could be programmed to execute an errorless series of commands in a predetermined […]
Computer Mouse: Complete History Updated: July 21, 2023 by Abby | Leave a Comment Four Facts About the Computer Mouse The Computer Mouse History The first computer mouse was conceived in the early 1960s by Douglas […]
Leonardo da Vinci – Biography, History and Inventions Updated: July 31, 2023 by Dana Mayor | Leave a Comment Leonardo da Vinci The Uomo Universale of the Italian Renaissance and possibly the most brilliantly creative man in European history—Leonardo […]
The History of Louis Couffignal’s Analytical Machine Updated: July 24, 2023 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment The article written by Percy E. Ludgate in 1909 first gives thanks to Professor C. V. Boys, F.R.S. for […]
Max Mayer Updated: July 25, 2023 by Abby | Leave a Comment : Max Mayer In 1881 the German inventor Max Mayer from Munich devised an adding machine, which was patented in 1884 […]
Cyrus Spalding Updated: July 25, 2023 by Heather | Leave a Comment : Spalding Adding Machine Cyrus G. Spalding of Boston, Massachusetts, was a holder of two US patents for adding machines: […]
Elon Musk vs Thomas Edison: Comparing The Two Engineering Icons Updated: April 16, 2024 by Nicholas Muhoro | 1 Comment on Elon Musk vs Thomas Edison: Comparing The Two Engineering Icons : Elon Musk and Thomas Edison are incredible figures that have significantly impacted the world by shaping how we live […] TaggedVS
Add-A-Mite Explained – Everything You Need To Know Updated: July 24, 2023 by Austin S. | Leave a Comment About Add-A-Mite When humans first began to grasp the concept of numbers, at least in terms of quantities, they […]
Gadgets Updated: April 19, 2024 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment In this section will be presented some simple calculating devices, which are not so clever, to be presented in other […]
James Ritty Updated: July 25, 2023 by Heather | Leave a Comment : James Ritty In 1878 one James Ritty (see biography of James Ritty), a 42 years old saloon keeper from […]
PDP-11 – Everything You Need to Know Updated: July 31, 2023 by Abby | Leave a Comment 6 Facts about The DEC PDP-11 Computer The History of The DEC PDP-11 Computer: What to know The first commercial minicomputer introduced […]
Leonard Stowe Updated: July 25, 2023 by Heather | Leave a Comment : Born in southeast England, Leonard Stowe set off to New Zealand when he was just 21 years old. […]
Philipp Matthäus Hahn Updated: July 26, 2023 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment Philipp Matthäus Hahn The cylindrical calculating machines of the German parson Philipp Matthäus Hahn (see biography of Philipp Matthäus Hahn) were […]