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The chapter “The Thomas Arithmometer” describes the world’s first successful, industrially manufactured calculating machine. The mechanical stepped drum machine of Charles Xavier Thomas is capable of all four basic arithmetic operations. It was exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London.
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Bruderer, H. (2020). The Thomas Arithmometer. In: Milestones in Analog and Digital Computing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40974-6_12
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