Blaise Pascal’s Mechanical Calculator: Geometric Modelling and Virtual Reconstruction

Blaise Pascal’s Mechanical Calculator: Geometric Modelling and Virtual Reconstruction

This article shows the three-dimensional (3D) modelling and virtual reconstruction of the first mechanical calculating machine used for accounting purposes designed by Blaise Pascal in 1642. To obtain the 3D CAD (computer-aided design) model and the geometric documentation of said invention, CATIA V...

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Main Authors: José Ignacio Rojas-Sola, Gloria del Río-Cidoncha, Arturo Fernández-de la Puente Sarriá, Verónica Galiano-Delgado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Machines
Subjects:
Blaise Pascal
mechanical calculator
CATIA
geometric modelling
virtual reconstruction
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1702/9/7/136

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