Pascal's calculator

Pascal's calculator is a mechanical calculator or mechanical calculator.

Also recorded as Arithmetic Machine; Pascaline.

Overview

Materials recorded for it include wood and copper. Its recorded use is addition. The record gives 1642 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Catalogue entries for instruments state maker, signature, completeness and working condition. VALÉORINE records this subject so that lots referring to it can be described consistently.

In detail

mechanical calculator

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
“Pascaline”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
Wikidata, structured authority record Q873501: Pascal's calculator
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