These illustrations come from the first book about a calculating machine written in English, and are
These illustrations come from the first book about a calculating machine written in English, and are thus some of the earliest images in the history of computers.Morland, Samuel, Sir, 1625-1695. The description and use of two arithmetick instruments : together with a short treatise, explaining and demonstrating the ordinary operations of arithmetick, 1673.*90W-163Houghton Library, Harvard University -- source link
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