Pascaline

6 digit machine, with sous & derriers, dedicated to chancellor Seguier 1645

source: Musée des arts et métiers   (CNAM, Paris)

        replica

source: V.Monnier

source: V.Monnier

source: V.Monnier

replica

done by Alwin Kaulfuß 1937; original in Staatlicher Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon, Dresden, ca. 1642

source: Deutsches Museum, München; photo: W.Szrek

M.Gallon published 1735 a book "Machines et Inventions approuvees par l'Academie Royal des Sciences" which contains one of the first  illustrations of the Pascal machine.

source: Atticus Rare Books

   description in Gallon (french)

source: Atticus Rare Books

last updated: 29-Nov-10