Thomas de Colmar’s Arithmometer [Journal of the Institute of Actuaries and Assurance Magazine, Vol. 16]

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  • London: Journal of the Institute of Actuaries and Assurance Magazine/Charles & Edwin Layton, 1872
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London: Journal of the Institute of Actuaries and Assurance Magazine/Charles & Edwin Layton, 1872. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Three 1871 papers in the on “The first commercially produced calculating machine to have any real degree of reliability and usefulness.” [OOC 406]
• Hannyngton, Major-General, “On the Use of M. Thomas de Colmar’s Arithmometer in Actuarial and Other Computations,” pp. 244-53.
• Sang, Edward, “On Mechanical Aids to Calculation,” pp. 253-265.
• Baden, A., “Notes on the Use of the Arithmometer,” pp. 265-269. Minor shelf/edge wear, rear joint split, touch of foxing, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Original brown cloth boards. 8vo. 467pp.

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