Antique Office Machines: 600 Years of Calculating Devices

by Thomas A. Russo

Humanity's hunt for calculating devices probably started with the use of small pebbles to keep track of numbers. The counting inventions progressed through the abacus, early mechanical calculators, and other ingenious devices culminating in today's computers. In this new book, Thomas Russo chronicles 600 years of caculating devices, providing valuable information for historians and collectors alike. Stretching from ancient times to the earliest computers,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764313460
• ISBN13: 9780764313462
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 11.0"