Blaise Pascal is known for a number of things, but we remember him best for the Pascaline, an early mechanical calculator. [Chris Staecker] got a chance to take a close look at one, which is quite a ...
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'National treasure': Christie's suspends sale of Blaise Pascal's 17th century calculating machine
The sale of an ancient arithmetic machine known as the 'Pascaline' has been suspended after a French administrative court blocked its export. Leading auction house Christie's decided to call off its ...
Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. In 1642, French mathematician Blaise Pascal invented a calculating machine that could add and ...
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