Translation of: Avis nécessaire à ceux qui auront curiosité de voir la Machine d'Arithmétique et de s'en servir. Extracted from: Smith, David Eugene, compiler. A source book in mathematics. New York : ...
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to mathematician Eugenia Cheng about the Pascaline -- a 17th-century invention credited as the first mechanical calculator.
Introduction -- Carrying tens : Pascal, Morland, and the challenge of machine calculation -- First carry ; Babbage and Clement mechanize table making -- Artisans and their philosophers : Leibniz and ...
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