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The Ingenious Tallying Instrument of Inventor-Entrepreneur George Farmer
Today, if we want to add some figures, we’re more likely to use the calculator app on our [&he…
Semyon Korsakov: The Forgotten Visionary Who Dreamed of Intelligent Machines
Semyon Nikolaevich Korsakov was a Russian military, an inventor in information technology, and a gov…
Thomas Strode: Pioneering Inventor of the 19th Century
Thomas Strode, born in Coatsville, PA, was the inventor of the adding machine. Find out more about t…
The Ingenious Calculating Machines of Edmund Dana Barbour: A Visionary Thinker Who Helped Lay the Foundation for Modern Computing
Edmund Dana Barbour (Source: Harvard University Archives, HUGFP 125.32, Box 1, Folder Barbour) Edmun…
Peter Lindholm: The Forgotten Father of Modern Computing
For Peter Lindholm, all it took was one invention to go down in the history books as one of the brig…
Jules Verne: The Visionary Writer Who Invented the Future
Jules Verne The great French novelist and poet Jules Gabriel Verne (1828–1905) is best known f…
