geekhack Community > Off Topic

Typewriter Calculator (concept)

<< < (3/3)

lowpoly:
Speaking of mechanical calculators, I love this one, the Curta:



Expensive, unfortunately.

timw4mail:

--- Quote from: lowpoly;111007 ---Speaking of mechanical calculators, I love this one, the Curta:

Show Image

Expensive, unfortunately.
--- End quote ---


So that must be what the Babbage computational machine was supposed to be.

JBert:
The article description smells of soap opera (even though it seems to be correct).

keyb_gr:
That was a very interesting read. Thanks, lowpoly!

Such complex mechanical devices are real time machines. You tend to learn a lot about how people were thinking and working back then (not from the things themselves but rather literature).

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[*] Previous page