The (re)discovery of an early specialized mechanical calculating machine (ca. 1850)

Denis Roegel (1)

1 MOSEL - Proof-oriented development of computer-based systems

The purpose of this brief note is to announce the (re)discovery of an interesting specialized mechanical adding machine built by Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué (1776–1856) around 1850. The purpose of this machine is to compute the values of an arithmetic series.

Mots clés: mechanical computation; special machine; invention; Schwilgué

Domaines: Histoire et perspectives sur les mathématiques [math.HO]; Génie mécanique [physics.class-ph]; Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences

Denis Roegel. The (re)discovery of an early specialized mechanical calculating machine (ca. 1850). 2014. ⟨hal-01096153⟩