IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This full-keyboard non-printing ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In 1895, Otto Steiger, a Swiss ...

(STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/AFP) Christie's said Wednesday it was suspending the Paris auction of one of just a handful of examples of the world's first calculating machine, developed by French ...

A DISPLAY of calculating machines was arranged early this month by the Burroughs Adding Machine, Ltd.,at 136 Regent Street, London, W.I. The machines shown were of many types, ranging from the simpler ...

The Astronomical Society received Babbage’s proposal with the highest enthusiasm, and the Royal Society reported favorably on his project for building what he called a Difference Engine, a specialized ...

THE first calculating machine was invented in 1642 by Blaise Pascal. Had it not been for the War, the tercentenary of this event, which has had such a profound influence on applied mathematics and ...

Selecting a set of bearings to withstand anticipated loads is a common design task with power-transmission equipment. Another deals with finding a cumulative component reliability that exceeds the ...

It’s no bigger than a drinking glass, and it fits easily in the palm of the hand. It resembles a pepper grinder—or perhaps a hand grenade. The diminutive “Curta” is a striking machine, a mechanical ...