This volume examines the calculating machine developed by Johann Christoph Schuster in the context of historical mechanics and compares it with devices by Philipp Matthäus Hahn. Contributions on how it worked, the elaborate restoration and an appendix on the Sauter calculating machine offer fascinating insights into the significance of these early calculating machines in the history of computing.

24.5 x 30 cm, paperback
ISSN 0941-7036