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Photo of a 'Pascaline', the mechanical calculator invented and manufactured by French scientist Blaise Pascal around 1642. From the accompanying text: "The machine has been reversed, and the bottom of the casing, which is hinged, thrown back, showing the numeral wheels and gearing of the different orders, and the transfer levers for the carry of the tens." The gearing worked similarly to a car's odometer. Alterations: removed frame and figure number, rotated image to justify, and increased brightness.

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Source Downloaded 2008-1-9 from J. A. V. Turck (1921) Origin of Modern Calculating Machines, Western Society of Engineers, Chicago, USA, p.10, fig.2 from Google Books
Author J. A. V. Turck
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current12:15, 7 December 2010Thumbnail for version as of 12:15, 7 December 20101,375 × 734 (643 KB)EzrdrNew scan taken directly from the original 1921 book
13:41, 9 January 2008Thumbnail for version as of 13:41, 9 January 2008906 × 510 (79 KB)Chetvorno{{Information |Description=Picture of a 'Pascaline' a mechanical calculator invented by French scientist Blaise Pascal in 1642. |Source=Downloaded 2008-1-9 from [http://books.google.com/books?id=ir00AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA10 J. A. V. Turck (1921) ''Origin of Moder

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