The First Mechanical Computers

1.1 Introduction

1.2 From the abacus to Hindu-Arabic numerals

1.3 Napier’s logs and Napier’s rods

1.4 The slide rule

1.5 Digital vs. analog

1.6 Schickard’s Calculating Clock

1.7 Pascal and the Pascaline

1.8 Leibniz and the Stepped Reckoner

1.9 The Binary System

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