120 Years Old Mechanical Portable Calculator

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Published on February 25, 2016 by Tex Hollywood

The math nerds at Numberphile have found one of the first calculators ever built. Back in 1895, Hans W. Egli built what he dubbed The Millionaire, explains a very excited Cliff. The mechanical device can still calculate addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and was even portable!

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