Statements (23)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
calculator
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Arithmetic_Machine
gptkb:Pascal's_calculator |
gptkbp:displayType |
mechanical wheels
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
one of the earliest mechanical calculators
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Blaise Pascal's Pascaline
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gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz's_Stepped_Reckoner
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gptkbp:influencedBy |
John Napier's work
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gptkbp:introducedIn |
1642
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gptkbp:inventedBy |
gptkb:Blaise_Pascal
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gptkbp:locationOfFirstModel |
gptkb:France
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gptkbp:material |
brass
wood |
gptkbp:mechanismOfAction |
carry mechanism for addition
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gptkbp:museum |
gptkb:Musée_des_Arts_et_Métiers,_Paris
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gptkbp:numberOfPrototypes |
about 20
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gptkbp:operatedBy |
turning dials
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gptkbp:patent |
1649
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gptkbp:purpose |
addition
subtraction |
gptkbp:usedBy |
tax collectors
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Schickard's_calculating_clock
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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