THE calculating machine for the solution of differential equations constructed by Dr. V. Bush, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has attracted a great deal of attention, and a similar ...

MAY I make an appeal through your columns to any men of science who have calculating machines of any kind not in active use to communicate with me? My laboratory has at present very heavy ...

Invented by Leonardo Torres in 1920, the Torres calculating machine is a machine that solves essential addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems using a simple manner. It was a ...

Most early calculating machines carried out multiplication as a form of repeated addition. To multiply, say, by thirteen, one set the carriage at its rightmost position, turned the operating crank ...

Calculating machines, narrowly defined, are devices designed to add, subtract, multiply and divide through the motion of their parts, with the result represented by an array of digits. A slightly ...

Large scale calculating machines may make it feasible for the government to set production goals for major industries, Frederick V.

An Ancient Greek Astronomical Calculation Machine Reveals New Secrets Scientists have a new understanding of the mysterious Antikythera mechanism that challenges assumptions about ancient technology ...