History of Computing Science
History of Computing Science: First Mechanical Calculator
Blaise Pascal, the seventeenth-century French mathematician, thinker, and scientist, built the first mechanical adding machine in 1642 based on a design described by Hero of Alexandria (2 CE) to add up the distance a carriage traveled.
Great Idea Finder
The Great Idea Finder: Adding Machine
The Great Idea Finder profiles the adding machine, invented by nineteen-year old mathematician Blaise Pascal in the year 1642.
Great Idea Finder
The Great Idea Finder: Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), French philosopher, mathematician, and physicist, is considered one of the great minds in Western intellectual history. He also invented the first mechanical adding machine.