Peter Forrester: The Forgotten Father of Modern Computing
Peter C. Forrester was the inventor of many important tools and devices including the keyboard adding machine.
Peter C. Forrester was the inventor of many important tools and devices including the keyboard adding machine.
Philipp Matthäus Hahn The cylindrical calculating machines of the German parson Philipp Matthäus Hahn (see biography of Philipp Matthäus Hahn) […]
Ensign Electric Calculating Machine Ensign Electric Calculating Machine is a highly developed, electrically driven adding and subtracting machine, particularly suited […]
La Verne Noyes La Verne W. Noyes was born on 7 January, 1849, in Genoa, New York, in the house […]
Alonzo Johnson, a machinist from Springfield, invented two calculating devices which functioned using a carry mechanism.
: Manipolatore Aritmetico of Niccola Guinigi (Created with the expert advice of Mr. Silvio Hénin, Milan, Italy) In the […]
History of Computers and Computing, Calculating tools, Gadgets, Christian Hergenroeder : Christian Hergenroeder On October 10, 1882, a patent […]
: Athanasius Kircher The prominent German Jesuit polymath Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680) (see biography of Athanasius Kircher) was a famous […]
Pierre Jaquet-Droz was a Swiss watchmaker and mechanical genius who created self-winding watches, mechanical birds, and three androids.
: Policarpo de Balzola Early Life Policarpo de Balzola was born on 26 January, 1813, in Irún, Basque Country, […]