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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Stepped Reckoner

Stepped Reckoner
  • Developed by Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz(1646-1716), a German Mathematican &philosopher in 1694.
  • Stepped Reckoner could evaluate square roots by series of stepped addition.
  • The centerpiece of this machine was its stepped-drum gear design.
  • Could perform all four of the basic arithmetic functions-addition, subtraction, multiplicatioand division.

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