Mechanical instruments Surviving artifact

Pascaline — Arts et Métiers

1642–1652

Speculative use · Tartarian imagining

Imagine an Old World counting house preserving its arithmetic in a compact arrangement of brass wheels.

An imagined use within Tartarian lore; its historic use is not established by this interpretation.

Where it survives

Musée des Arts et Métiers

Paris, France

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