Forget apps and smart displays. The most elegant kitchen calculator is a mechanical device from the 1600s. Entropic Thoughts ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In the 1930s, engineers shared ...

Most people have heard of or seen slide rules, with older generations likely having used these devices in school and at their jobs. As purely analog computers these ingenious devices use precomputed ...