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Of the fifty Pascalines which Pascal refers to as having been constructed under his supervision eight are known to have survived. Pictures from the relevant museums or collectors,1 together with earlier (black and white) pictures from Jacques Payen,2 are shown below. Diderot’s diagrams (1779) of the internal mechanism of the Pascaline is also shown. Details are also provided of existing replica Pascalines including the Jan Meyer Replica in this collection.
Of the fifty Pascalines which Pascal refers to as having been constructed under his supervision eight are known to have survived. Pictures from the relevant museums or collectors,3 together with earlier (black and white) pictures from Jacques Payen,4 are shown below. Diderot’s diagrams (1779) of the internal mechanism of the Pascaline is also shown. Details are also provided of existing replica Pascalines including the Jan Meyer Pascaline Working Exemplar, and Jan Meyer “Queen of Poland” Pascaline Replica in this collection.
Of the fifty Pascalines which Pascal refers to as having been constructed under his supervision eight are known to have survived. Pictures from the relevant museums or collectors,5 together with earlier (black and white) pictures from Jacques Payen,6 are shown below. Diderot’s diagrams (1779) of the internal mechanism of the Pascaline is also shown. Details are also provided of existing replica Pascalines.
Of the fifty Pascalines which Pascal refers to as having been constructed under his supervision eight are known to have survived. Pictures from the relevant museums or collectors,7 together with earlier (black and white) pictures from Jacques Payen,8 are shown below. Diderot’s diagrams (1779) of the internal mechanism of the Pascaline is also shown. Details are also provided of existing replica Pascalines including the Jan Meyer Replica in this collection.
Of the fifty Pascalines which Pascal refers to as having been constructed under his supervision eight are known to have survived. Pictures from the relevant museums or collectors,9 together with earlier (black and white) pictures from Jacques Payen,10 are shown below. Diderot’s diagrams (1779) of the internal mechanism of the Pascaline is also shown. Click here for replica Pascalines.
Of the fifty Pascalines which Pascal refers to as having been constructed under his supervision eight are known to have survived. Pictures from the relevant museums or collectors,11 together with earlier (black and white) pictures from Jacques Payen,12 are shown below. Diderot’s diagrams (1779) of the internal mechanism of the Pascaline is also shown. Details are also provided of existing replica Pascalines.
Of the fifty Pascalines which Pascal refers to as having been constructed under his supervision eight are known to have survived. Pictures from the relevant museums or collectors,13 together with earlier (black and white) pictures from Jacques Payen,14 are shown below. Diderot’s diagrams (1779) of the internal mechanism of the Pascaline is also shown.
Of the fifty Pascalines which Pascal refers to as having been constructed under his supervision eight are known to have survived. Pictures from the relevant museums or collectors,15 together with earlier (black and white) pictures from Jacques Payen,16 are shown below. Diderot’s diagrams (1779) of the internal mechanism of the Pascaline is also shown. Click here for replica Pascalines.
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Diderot’s diagrams of the internal mechanism of the Pascaline (1779).
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For diagrams of the internal mechanism of the Pascaline and top view from Oeuvres de Pascal (1779) click here
Of the fifty Pascalines which Pascal refers to as having been constructed under his supervision eight are known to have survived. Pictures from the relevant museums or collectors,38 together with earlier (black and white) pictures from Jacques Payen,39 are shown below.
Of the fifty Pascalines which Pascal refers to as having been constructed under his supervision eight are known to have survived. Pictures from the relevant museums or collectors,40 together with earlier (black and white) pictures from Jacques Payen,41 are shown below. Diderot’s diagrams (1779) of the internal mechanism of the Pascaline is also shown.
Of the fifty Pascalines which Pascal refers to as having been constructed under his supervision eight are known to have survived. The mechanism of the machines was described by Diderot in diagrams given below.
Of the fifty Pascalines which Pascal refers to as having been constructed under his supervision eight are known to have survived. Pictures from the relevant museums or collectors,42 together with earlier (black and white) pictures from Jacques Payen,43 are shown below.
Diderot’s diagrams of the internal mechanism of the Pascaline (1779).
1. Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France.
- “Chancelier Séguier”, accounting machine (8 wheels)
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Pictures from the relevant museums or collectors,44 together with earlier (black and white) pictures from Jacques Payen,45 are shown below.
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1. Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France.
- “Chancelier Séguier”, accounting machine (8 wheels)
- “Christina, Queen of Sweden”, scientific machine (6 wheels)
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- “Christina, Queen of Sweden”, scientific machine (6 wheels)
- “Louis Périer”, accounting machine (8 wheels)
- offered by Louis Périer, Pascal’s nephew, to the Académie des sciences de Paris in 1711 as proof of the calculator’s capabilities.
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- “Louis Périer”, accounting machine (8 wheels)
- offered by Louis Périer, Pascal’s nephew, to the Académie des sciences de Paris in 1711 as proof of the calculator’s capabilities.
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Diderot’s diagrams of the internal mechanism of the Pascaline (1779).
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Diderot’s diagrams of the internal mechanism of the Pascaline (1799).
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Of the fifty Pascalines which Pascal refers to as having been constructed under his supervision eight are known to have survived. Pictures from the relevant museums or collectors,46 together with earlier (black and white) pictures from Jacques Payen,47 are shown below.
Of the fifty Pascalines which Pascal refers to as having been constructed under his supervision eight are known to have survived. The mechanism of the machines was described by Diderot in diagrams given below.
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Diderot’s diagrams of the internal mechanism of the Pascaline (1799).
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Pictures from the relevant museums or collectors,48 together with earlier (black and white) pictures from Jacques Payen,49 are shown below.
5. IBM collection, USA
* accounting machine, 8 wheels.
5. IBM collection, USA
- accounting machine, 8 wheels.
* “Chancelier Séguier”, accounting machine (8 wheels)
- “Chancelier Séguier”, accounting machine (8 wheels)
* “Christina, Queen of Sweden”, scientific machine (6 wheels)
- “Christina, Queen of Sweden”, scientific machine (6 wheels)
- “Louis Périer”, accounting machine (8 wheels)
- offered by Louis Périer, Pascal’s nephew, to the Académie des sciences de Paris in 1711 as proof of the calculator’s capabilities.
- “Louis Périer”, accounting machine (8 wheels)
- offered by Louis Périer, Pascal’s nephew, to the Académie des sciences de Paris in 1711 as proof of the calculator’s capabilities.
* “Tardive” (late), accounting machine (6 wheels)
- “Tardive” (late), accounting machine (6 wheels)
* “Marguerite Périer”, scientific machine (8 wheels)
- “Marguerite Périer”, scientific machine (8 wheels)
- “Chevalier Durant-Pascal”, accounting machine (5 wheels), with box
- may have been designed for portable use.
- “Chevalier Durant-Pascal”, accounting machine (5 wheels), with box
- may have been designed for portable use.
* “Queen of Poland”, accounting machine (10 wheels)
- “Queen of Poland”, accounting machine (10 wheels)
- surveying machine, 8 wheels
- initially purchased from a dealer who believed it to be a broken music box.
- surveying machine, 8 wheels
- initially purchased from a dealer who believed it to be a broken music box.
5. IBM collection, USA
5. IBM collection, USA
* “Louis Périer”, accounting machine (8 wheels) - offered by Louis Périer, Pascal’s nephew, to the Académie des sciences de Paris in 1711 as proof of the calculator’s capabilities.
- “Louis Périer”, accounting machine (8 wheels)
- offered by Louis Périer, Pascal’s nephew, to the Académie des sciences de Paris in 1711 as proof of the calculator’s capabilities.
* “Chevalier Durant-Pascal”, accounting machine (5 wheels), with box - may have been designed for portable use.
- “Chevalier Durant-Pascal”, accounting machine (5 wheels), with box
- may have been designed for portable use.
* surveying machine, 8 wheels (initially purchased from a dealer who believed it to be a broken music box).
- surveying machine, 8 wheels
- initially purchased from a dealer who believed it to be a broken music box.
- “Louis Périer”, accounting machine (8 wheels) - offered by Louis Périer, Pascal’s nephew, to the Académie des sciences de Paris in 1711 as proof of the calculator’s capabilities.
* “Louis Périer”, accounting machine (8 wheels) - offered by Louis Périer, Pascal’s nephew, to the Académie des sciences de Paris in 1711 as proof of the calculator’s capabilities.
* “Chevalier Durant-Pascal”, accounting machine (5 wheels), with box - may have been designed for portable use.
* “Chevalier Durant-Pascal”, accounting machine (5 wheels), with box - may have been designed for portable use.
* surveying machine, 8 wheels (initially purchased from a dealer who believed it to be a broken music box).
* surveying machine, 8 wheels (initially purchased from a dealer who believed it to be a broken music box).
- “Louis Périer”, accounting machine (8 wheels) - offered by Louis Périer, Pascal’s nephew, to the Académie des sciences de Paris in 1711 as proof.
- “Louis Périer”, accounting machine (8 wheels) - offered by Louis Périer, Pascal’s nephew, to the Académie des sciences de Paris in 1711 as proof of the calculator’s capabilities.
Of the fifty Pascalines which Pascal refers to as having been constructed under his supervision eight are known to have survived. Four are in the
Of the fifty Pascalines which Pascal refers to as having been constructed under his supervision eight are known to have survived. Pictures from the relevant museums or collectors,50 together with earlier (black and white) pictures from Jacques Payen,51 are shown below.
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1 For more on these see an excellent article by Valéry Monnier at http://www.ami19.org/Pascaline/IndexPascaline-English.html, viewed 30 May 2013. (↑)
2 M Jacques Payen, “Les exemplaires conservés de la machine de Pascal”, Revue d’histoire des sciences et de leurs applications, vol 16 n°2, 1963, pp. 161–178. (↑)
3 For more on these see an excellent article by Valéry Monnier at http://www.ami19.org/Pascaline/IndexPascaline-English.html, viewed 30 May 2013. (↑)
4 M Jacques Payen, “Les exemplaires conservés de la machine de Pascal”, Revue d’histoire des sciences et de leurs applications, vol 16 n°2, 1963, pp. 161–178. (↑)
5 For more on these see an excellent article by Valéry Monnier at http://www.ami19.org/Pascaline/IndexPascaline-English.html, viewed 30 May 2013. (↑)
6 M Jacques Payen, “Les exemplaires conservés de la machine de Pascal”, Revue d’histoire des sciences et de leurs applications, vol 16 n°2, 1963, pp. 161–178. (↑)
7 For more on these see an excellent article by Valéry Monnier at http://www.ami19.org/Pascaline/IndexPascaline-English.html, viewed 30 May 2013. (↑)
8 M Jacques Payen, “Les exemplaires conservés de la machine de Pascal”, Revue d’histoire des sciences et de leurs applications, vol 16 n°2, 1963, pp. 161–178. (↑)
9 For more on these see an excellent article by Valéry Monnier at http://www.ami19.org/Pascaline/IndexPascaline-English.html, viewed 30 May 2013. (↑)
10 M Jacques Payen, “Les exemplaires conservés de la machine de Pascal”, Revue d’histoire des sciences et de leurs applications, vol 16 n°2, 1963, pp. 161–178. (↑)
11 For more on these see an excellent article by Valéry Monnier at http://www.ami19.org/Pascaline/IndexPascaline-English.html, viewed 30 May 2013. (↑)
12 M Jacques Payen, “Les exemplaires conservés de la machine de Pascal”, Revue d’histoire des sciences et de leurs applications, vol 16 n°2, 1963, pp. 161–178. (↑)
13 For more on these see an excellent article by Valéry Monnier at http://www.ami19.org/Pascaline/IndexPascaline-English.html, viewed 30 May 2013. (↑)
14 M Jacques Payen, “Les exemplaires conservés de la machine de Pascal”, Revue d’histoire des sciences et de leurs applications, vol 16 n°2, 1963, pp. 161–178. (↑)
15 For more on these see an excellent article by Valéry Monnier at http://www.ami19.org/Pascaline/IndexPascaline-English.html, viewed 30 May 2013. (↑)
16 M Jacques Payen, “Les exemplaires conservés de la machine de Pascal”, Revue d’histoire des sciences et de leurs applications, vol 16 n°2, 1963, pp. 161–178. (↑)
17 Image prior to restoration. Note that the numbers here have been digitally replaced as this has been used as the template for a computer simulation of the Pascaline by edumedia, see http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/search?q=pascaline&min=6&max=18&type=all, viewed 13 June 2013 (↑)
18 The above shows the image of the face plate of this Pascaline prior to restoration. Note that the numbers in this image have been digitally replaced as it was serving as the template for a computer simulation of the Pascaline by edumedia, see http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/search?q=pascaline&min=6&max=18&type=all, viewed 13 June 2013 (↑)
19 Image prior to restoration. Note that the numbers here have been digitally replaced as this has been used as the template for a computer simulation of the Pascaline by edumedia, see http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/search?q=pascaline&min=6&max=18&type=all, viewed 13 June 2013 (↑)
20 Image prior to restoration. Note that the numbers here have been digitally replaced as this has been used as the template for a computer simulation of the Pascaline by edumedia, see http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/search?q=pascaline&min=6&max=18&type=all, viewed 13 June 2013 (↑)
21 Image prior to restoration. Note that the numbers here have been digitally replaced as this has been used as the template for a computer simulation of the Pascaline by edumedia, see http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/search?q=pascaline&min=6&max=18&type=all, viewed 13 June 2013 (↑)
22 Image prior to restoration. Note that the numbers here have been digitally replaced as this has been used as the template for a computer simulation of the Pascaline by edumedia, see http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/search?q=pascaline&min=6&max=18&type=all, viewed 13 June 2013 (↑)
23 Image prior to restoration. Note that the numbers here have been digitally replaced as this has been used as the template for a computer simulation of the Pascaline by edumedia, see http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/search?q=pascaline&min=6&max=18&type=all, viewed 13 June 2013 (↑)
24 Image prior to restoration. Note that the numbers here have been digitally replaced as this has been used as the template for a computer simulation of the Pascaline by edumedia, see http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/search?q=pascaline&min=6&max=18&type=all, viewed 13 June 2013 (↑)
25 Image prior to restoration. Note that the numbers here have been digitally replaced as this has been used as the template for a computer simulation of the Pascaline by edumedia, see http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/search?q=pascaline&min=6&max=18&type=all, viewed 13 June 2013 (↑)
26 Image prior to restoration. Note that the numbers here have been digitally replaced as this has been used as the template for a computer simulation of the Pascaline by edumedia, see http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/search?q=pascaline&min=6&max=18&type=all, viewed 13 June 2013 (↑)
27 Image prior to restoration. Note that the numbers here have been digitally replaced as this has been used as the template for a computer simulation of the Pascaline by edumedia, see http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/search?q=pascaline&min=6&max=18&type=all, viewed 13 June 2013 (↑)
28 Image prior to restoration. Note that the numbers here have been digitally replaced as this has been used as the template for a computer simulation of the Pascaline by edumedia, see http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/search?q=pascaline&min=6&max=18&type=all, viewed 13 June 2013 (↑)
29 Image prior to restoration. Note that the numbers here have been digitally replaced as this has been used as the template for a computer simulation of the Pascaline by edumedia, see http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/search?q=pascaline&min=6&max=18&type=all, viewed 13 June 2013 (↑)
30 Image prior to restoration. Note that the numbers here have been digitally replaced as this has been used as the template for a computer simulation of the Pascaline by edumedia, see http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/search?q=pascaline&min=6&max=18&type=all, viewed 13 June 2013 (↑)
31 Image prior to restoration. Note that the numbers here have been digitally replaced as this has been used as the template for a computer simulation of the Pascaline by edumedia, see http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/search?q=pascaline&min=6&max=18&type=all, viewed 13 June 2013 (↑)
32 Image prior to restoration. Note that the numbers here have been digitally replaced as this has been used as the template for a computer simulation of the Pascaline by edumedia, see http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/search?q=pascaline&min=6&max=18&type=all, viewed 13 June 2013 (↑)
33 Image prior to restoration. Note that the numbers here have been digitally replaced as this has been used as the template for a computer simulation of the Pascaline by edumedia, see http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/search?q=pascaline&min=6&max=18&type=all, viewed 13 June 2013 (↑)
34 Image prior to restoration. Note that the numbers here have been digitally replaced as this has been used as the template for a computer simulation of the Pascaline by edumedia, see http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/search?q=pascaline&min=6&max=18&type=all, viewed 13 June 2013 (↑)
35 Image prior to restoration. Note that the numbers here have been digitally replaced as this has been used as the template for a computer simulation of the Pascaline by edumedia, see http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/search?q=pascaline&min=6&max=18&type=all, viewed 13 June 2013 (↑)
36 Image prior to restoration. Note that the numbers here have been digitally replaced as this has been used as the template for a computer simulation of the Pascaline by edumedia, see http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/search?q=pascaline&min=6&max=18&type=all, viewed 13 June 2013 (↑)
37 Image prior to restoration. Note that the numbers here have been digitally replaced as this has been used as the template for a computer simulation of the Pascaline by edumedia, see http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/search?q=pascaline&min=6&max=18&type=all, viewed 13 June 2013 (↑)
38 For more on these see an excellent article by Valéry Monnier at http://www.ami19.org/Pascaline/IndexPascaline-English.html, viewed 30 May 2013. (↑)
39 M Jacques Payen, “Les exemplaires conservés de la machine de Pascal”, Revue d’histoire des sciences et de leurs applications, vol 16 n°2, 1963, pp. 161–178. (↑)
40 For more on these see an excellent article by Valéry Monnier at http://www.ami19.org/Pascaline/IndexPascaline-English.html, viewed 30 May 2013. (↑)
41 M Jacques Payen, “Les exemplaires conservés de la machine de Pascal”, Revue d’histoire des sciences et de leurs applications, vol 16 n°2, 1963, pp. 161–178. (↑)
42 For more on these see an excellent article by Valéry Monnier at http://www.ami19.org/Pascaline/IndexPascaline-English.html, viewed 30 May 2013. (↑)
43 M Jacques Payen, “Les exemplaires conservés de la machine de Pascal”, Revue d’histoire des sciences et de leurs applications, vol 16 n°2, 1963, pp. 161–178. (↑)
44 For more on these see an excellent article by Valéry Monnier at http://www.ami19.org/Pascaline/IndexPascaline-English.html, viewed 30 May 2013. (↑)
45 M Jacques Payen, “Les exemplaires conservés de la machine de Pascal”, Revue d’histoire des sciences et de leurs applications, vol 16 n°2, 1963, pp. 161–178. (↑)
46 For more on these see an excellent article by Valéry Monnier at http://www.ami19.org/Pascaline/IndexPascaline-English.html, viewed 30 May 2013. (↑)
47 M Jacques Payen, “Les exemplaires conservés de la machine de Pascal”, Revue d’histoire des sciences et de leurs applications, vol 16 n°2, 1963, pp. 161–178. (↑)
48 For more on these see an excellent article by Valéry Monnier at http://www.ami19.org/Pascaline/IndexPascaline-English.html, viewed 30 May 2013. (↑)
49 M Jacques Payen, “Les exemplaires conservés de la machine de Pascal”, Revue d’histoire des sciences et de leurs applications, vol 16 n°2, 1963, pp. 161–178. (↑)
50 For more on these see an excellent article by Valéry Monnier at http://www.ami19.org/Pascaline/IndexPascaline-English.html, viewed 30 May 2013. (↑)
51 M Jacques Payen, “Les exemplaires conservés de la machine de Pascal”, Revue d’histoire des sciences et de leurs applications, vol 16 n°2, 1963, pp. 161–178. (↑)
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* accounting machine, 8 wheels.
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- “Louis Périer”, accounting machine (8 wheels) - offered by Louis Périer, Pascal’s nephew, to the Académie des sciences de Paris in 1711 as proof.(:table class=pictures width=95% align=center class=border cwidth=2:)
- “Louis Périer”, accounting machine (8 wheels) - offered by Louis Périer, Pascal’s nephew, to the Académie des sciences de Paris in 1711 as proof.
- “Louis Périer”, accounting machine (8 wheels) - offered by Louis Périer, Pascal’s nephew, to the Académie des sciences de Paris in 1711 as proof.(:table class=pictures width=95% align=center class=border cwidth=2:)
- “Louis Périer”, accounting machine (8 wheels) - offered by Louis Périer, Pascal’s nephew, to the Académie des sciences de Paris in 1711 as proof.(:table class=pictures width=95% align=center class=border cwidth=2:)
- “Tardive” (late), accounting machine (6 wheels)
* “Tardive” (late), accounting machine (6 wheels)
2. Musée Henri Lecoq, Clermont-Ferrand, Paris, France
- “Marguerite Périer”, scientific machine (8 wheels)
- “Chevalier Durant-Pascal”, accounting machine (5 wheels), with box - may have been designed for portable use.
3. Mathematisch-Physikalischer salon, Dresden, Germany
- “Queen of Poland”, accounting machine (10 wheels)
4. Léon Parcé collection, France
- surveying machine, 8 wheels (initially purchased from a dealer who believed it to be a broken music box).
5. IBM collection, USA
- accounting machine, 8 wheels.
2. Musée Henri Lecoq, Clermont-Ferrand, Paris, France
* “Marguerite Périer”, scientific machine (8 wheels) * “Chevalier Durant-Pascal”, accounting machine (5 wheels), with box - may have been designed for portable use.
3. Mathematisch-Physikalischer salon, Dresden, Germany
* “Queen of Poland”, accounting machine (10 wheels)
4. Léon Parcé collection, France
* surveying machine, 8 wheels (initially purchased from a dealer who believed it to be a broken music box).
5. IBM collection, USA
* accounting machine, 8 wheels.
1. Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France.
- “Chancelier Séguier”, accounting machine (8 wheels)
1. Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France.
* “Chancelier Séguier”, accounting machine (8 wheels)
- “Christina, Queen of Sweden”, scientific machine (6 wheels)
* “Christina, Queen of Sweden”, scientific machine (6 wheels)
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- “Louis Périer”, accounting machine (8 wheels) - offered by Louis Périer, Pascal’s nephew, to the Académie des sciences de Paris in 1711 as proof.(:table class=pictures width=95% align=center class=border cwidth=2:)
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- “Louis Périer”, accounting machine (8 wheels) - offered by Louis Périer, Pascal’s nephew, to the Académie des sciences de Paris in 1711.
- “Louis Périer”, accounting machine (8 wheels) - offered by Louis Périer, Pascal’s nephew, to the Académie des sciences de Paris in 1711 as proof.
- surveying machine, 8 wheels (purchased from a dealer who believed it to be a broken music box).
- surveying machine, 8 wheels (initially purchased from a dealer who believed it to be a broken music box).
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| CNAM museum Paris | align=“center” | France | Christina, Queen of Sweden? | align=“center” | Scientific | align=“center” | 6 | 6 x 10 | |||||||
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| CNAM museum Paris | align=“center” | France | Louis Périer | align=“center” | Accounting | align=“center” | 8 | 6 x 10 + 20 + 12 | Louis Périer, Pascal’s nephew, offered it to the Académie des sciences de Paris in 1711. | ||||||
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| CNAM museum Paris | align=“center” | France | Late (Tardive) | align=“center” | Accounting | align=“center” | 6 | 4 x 10 + 20 + 12 | This machine was assembled in the XVIIIth century with unused parts.<ref>Guy Mourlevat, p. 38 (1988)</ref> | ||||||
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| [http://www.clermont-ferrand.fr/-Museum-Henri-Lecoq-.html musée Henri Lecoq ] Clermont-Ferrand? | align=“center” | France | Marguerite Périer | align=“center” | Scientific | align=“center” | 8 | 8 x 10 | Marguerite (1646–1733) was Pascal’s goddaughter.<ref>Guy Mourlevat, Genealogy, (1988)</ref> | ||||||
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| Musée Henri Lecoq Clermont-Ferrand | align=“center” | France | Chevalier {nowrap | align=“center” | Accounting | align=“center” | 5 | 3 x 10 + 20 + 12 | This is the only known machine that came with a box. This is the smallest machine. Was it meant to be portable? | ||||||
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| [http://www.skd.museum/en/museums-institutions/zwinger-with-semperbau/mathematisch-physikalischer-salon/index.html Mathematisch-Physikalischer salon], Dresden? | align=“center” | Germany | Queen of Poland | align=“center” | Accounting | align=“center” | 10 | 8 x 10 + 20 + 12 | The second wheel from the right has a wheel with 10 spokes contained in a fixed wheel with 20 segments. This could be attributed to a bad restoration. | ||||||
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| Léon Parcé collection | align=“center” | France | align=“center” | Surveying | align=“center” | 8 | 5 x 10 + 6 + 12 + 12 | This machine was bought as a broken music box in a French antique shop in 1942. | |||||||
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| IBM? [http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/attic3/attic3_room3.html collection] | align=“center” | USA | align=“center” | Accounting | align=“center” | 8 | 6 x 10 + 20 + 12 | ||||||||
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1. Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France.
- “Chancelier Séguier”, accounting machine (8 wheels)
- “Christina, Queen of Sweden”, scientific machine (6 wheels)
- “Louis Périer”, accounting machine (8 wheels) - offered by Louis Périer, Pascal’s nephew, to the Académie des sciences de Paris in 1711.
- “Tardive” (late), accounting machine (6 wheels)
2. Musée Henri Lecoq, Clermont-Ferrand, Paris, France
- “Marguerite Périer”, scientific machine (8 wheels)
- “Chevalier Durant-Pascal”, accounting machine (5 wheels), with box - may have been designed for portable use.
3. Mathematisch-Physikalischer salon, Dresden, Germany
- “Queen of Poland”, accounting machine (10 wheels)
4. Léon Parcé collection, France
- surveying machine, 8 wheels (purchased from a dealer who believed it to be a broken music box).
5. IBM collection, USA
- accounting machine, 8 wheels.
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Of the fifty Pascalines which Pascal refers to as having been constructed under his supervision eight are known to have survived. Four are in the
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| CNAM museum? Paris | align=“center” | France | Chancelier Séguier | align=“center” | Accounting | align=“center” | 8 | 6 x 10 + 20 + 12 | |||||||
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| CNAM museum Paris | align=“center” | France | Christina, Queen of Sweden? | align=“center” | Scientific | align=“center” | 6 | 6 x 10 | |||||||
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| CNAM museum Paris | align=“center” | France | Louis Périer | align=“center” | Accounting | align=“center” | 8 | 6 x 10 + 20 + 12 | Louis Périer, Pascal’s nephew, offered it to the Académie des sciences de Paris in 1711. | ||||||
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| CNAM museum Paris | align=“center” | France | Late (Tardive) | align=“center” | Accounting | align=“center” | 6 | 4 x 10 + 20 + 12 | This machine was assembled in the XVIIIth century with unused parts.<ref>Guy Mourlevat, p. 38 (1988)</ref> | ||||||
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| [http://www.clermont-ferrand.fr/-Museum-Henri-Lecoq-.html musée Henri Lecoq ] Clermont-Ferrand? | align=“center” | France | Marguerite Périer | align=“center” | Scientific | align=“center” | 8 | 8 x 10 | Marguerite (1646–1733) was Pascal’s goddaughter.<ref>Guy Mourlevat, Genealogy, (1988)</ref> | ||||||
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| Musée Henri Lecoq Clermont-Ferrand | align=“center” | France | Chevalier {nowrap | align=“center” | Accounting | align=“center” | 5 | 3 x 10 + 20 + 12 | This is the only known machine that came with a box. This is the smallest machine. Was it meant to be portable? | ||||||
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| [http://www.skd.museum/en/museums-institutions/zwinger-with-semperbau/mathematisch-physikalischer-salon/index.html Mathematisch-Physikalischer salon], Dresden? | align=“center” | Germany | Queen of Poland | align=“center” | Accounting | align=“center” | 10 | 8 x 10 + 20 + 12 | The second wheel from the right has a wheel with 10 spokes contained in a fixed wheel with 20 segments. This could be attributed to a bad restoration. | ||||||
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| Léon Parcé collection | align=“center” | France | align=“center” | Surveying | align=“center” | 8 | 5 x 10 + 6 + 12 + 12 | This machine was bought as a broken music box in a French antique shop in 1942. | |||||||
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| IBM? [http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/attic3/attic3_room3.html collection] | align=“center” | USA | align=“center” | Accounting | align=“center” | 8 | 6 x 10 + 20 + 12 | ||||||||
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