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The Surprising Complexity of Old-School Calculators

Photos capture the mechanical beauty of the mechanical calculator, a heavy device often about the size of a small computer that cost thousands in today’s dollars. They were indispensable tools used for the most complex business and engineering problems of the time.

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La Maquina Analitica

También en el siglo XIX el matemático e inventor británico Charles Babbage elaboró los principios de la computadora digital moderna. Inventó una serie de máquinas, como la máquina diferencial, diseñadas para solucionar problemas matemáticos complejos. Muchos historiadores consideran a Babbage y a su socia, la matemática británica Augusta Ada Byron (1815-1852), hija del poeta inglés Lord Byron, como a los verdaderos inventores de la computadora digital moderna. La tecnología de aquella época…

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