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'National treasure': Christie's suspends sale of Blaise Pascal's 17th century calculating machine

The sale of an ancient arithmetic machine known as the 'Pascaline' has been suspended after a French administrative court blocked its export. Leading auction house Christie's decided to call off its ...
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Christie's suspends Paris sale of world's 'first calculator'

(STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/AFP) Christie's said Wednesday it was suspending the Paris auction of one of just a handful of examples of the world's first calculating machine, developed by French ...
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Paris Auction Of World's 1st Calculator Developed By Blaise Pascal Suspended

Christie's said Wednesday it was suspending the Paris auction of one of just a handful of examples of the world's first calculating machine, developed by French mathematician and inventor Blaise ...
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American Computer and Robotics Museum acquires rare set of reproduction calculators

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. In 1642, French mathematician Blaise Pascal invented a calculating machine that could add and ...
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Pascal on his calculating machine / Translated from the French by L. Leland Locke

Translation of: Avis nécessaire à ceux qui auront curiosité de voir la Machine d'Arithmétique et de s'en servir. Extracted from: Smith, David Eugene, compiler. A source book in mathematics. New York : ...
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Christie’s suspends Paris sale of world’s ‘first calculator’

PARIS – Christie’s said on Nov 19 that it was suspending the Paris auction of one of just a handful of examples of the world’s first calculating machine, developed in 1642 by French mathematician and ...