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Arithmometer by Thomas de Colmar, no.2034.
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Arithmometer by Thomas de Colmar, no.2034.
Science Museum, London|UCL
Science Museum, London|UCL
Arithmometer by Thomas de Colmar, no.2034
Invented by Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar (1785-1870) around 1820, the arithmometer was the first commercially produced calculating machine. Machines like this one were used to compile health statistics and population figures. The machine could perform basic functions such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and was in use until the First World War.
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- Category:
- Mathematics
- Object Number:
- 1967-69 Pt1
- type:
- arithmometer
- taxonomy:
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- furnishing and equipment
- tools & equipment
- calculator
- credit:
- University College London
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