The mechanical calculator from 1940 its design complexity is astonishing

The first mechanical calculator, known as the Pascaline, was invented by French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal in 1642. He created the device to help his father, who was a tax collector, perform arithmetic calculations more efficiently. The Pascaline could perform addition and subtraction directly and was capable of multiplication and division through repeated operations.

I had an older professor for linear algebra and he once told our class about what he and his classmates would do when they got bored in their physics labs. He said they had a mechanical calculator around and they’d divide by zero on it and the calculator would start chugging without end. I didn’t get why that would be pleasing to do until today. Truth be told, I’d do the same as well

Omg so machiavellic

What’s happening to education in America?🤔

if you type in 80085 does it still say what I think it says?

How time files.

Imagine coming to school with that thing haha

Kids today don’t understand this machine!

kinda satisfying

I wonder if they got it to give the answer 80085?