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Pascaline

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Pascaline

A calculating machine developed in 1642 by French mathematician Blaise Pascal. It could only add and subtract, but gained attention because 50 units were placed in prominent locations throughout Europe. Accountants expressed grave concern that they might be replaced by technology!

The Pascaline
We worried three centuries ago about losing our jobs. We worry today about losing jobs. No matter how much technology we develop on this planet, we still worry! (Image courtesy of The Computer History Museum, www.computerhistory.org)
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Suddenly a well-appointed coffee table requires at least one Buddha - whether it's hand-carved rosewood or imitation jade - and instead of paintings of English cottages on the walls, Los Angeles designers such as Pascaline Doucin-Dahlke are hanging poster-size Chinese advertisements from the '40s, as well as delicate paper parasols, huge hand-painted fans and ba gua mirrors with decorative icons to keep evil spirits away.
EAST MEETS WEST IN CHINATOWN BARGAINS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
His Pascaline, McCartney writes, was before its time and proved "two axioms of computing history.
ENIAC: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer by Lohr, Steve / Washington Monthly
Pascaline Boum of Cameroon, who among many others shared that view, said that the "cost of sanctions should be shared by all Member States".
Assistance to third states affected by UN sanctions considered by UN Chronicle
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