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Think computer was first? Try “comptometer”!
By Eugene Barsky on October 11, 2013
Today back in 1887, patent #371,496 issued for the “comptometer,” the first adding machine “absolutely accurate at all times.” It was invented by Dorr Eugene Felt of Chicago; a model was constructed in 1884. From MAA – On This Day in Math