PHOTO6-





LEIBNIZ'S MACHINE - Germany - 1694 - ( 1983 Replica)

Leibniz was very impressed by the Pascaline which he discovered whilst visiting France in 1672. His machine, for which we pocess three dimensional sketch in his own hand dated in 1673 permits multiplication using a mobile carrier equiped with ridged cylinders with teeth of different lengths, called a driver.(Collection IBM Europe)