Cosma / Communication / Media / Computation / Analog / Device
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Introduction1
Dr. Rachel Winston (YouTube Channel)
Dictionary
computing device : a machine for performing calculations automatically — The Free Dictionary
Encyclopedia
Devices have been used to aid computation for thousands of years, mostly using one-to-one correspondence with fingers. The earliest counting device was probably a form of tally stick. Later record keeping aids throughout the Fertile Crescent included calculi (clay spheres, cones, etc.) which represented counts of items, probably livestock or grains, sealed in hollow unbaked clay containers. — Wikipedia
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Preservation
History
History of Mechanical Calculators (James Redin)
Pre-History of Computing (I-Programmer)
The Alan Kaminsky Museum of Antique Computing Devices (Alan Kaminsky, Rochester Institute of Technology)
Mechanical Calculation Mechanical Machines (Mark Glusker)
Mechanical Computing Devices Timeline (Stephen White)
Library
Melvil Decimal System # 004.9 Non-Electronic Computing (Library Thing)
Melvil Decimal System # 510.284 Slide-rules and Calculators (Library Thing)
Melvil Decimal System # 510.78 Computation Instruments & Machines (Library Thing)
Library of Congress # QA71 Calculating Instruments and Machines (UPenn Online Books)
Library of Congress # QA73 Slide-rules (UPenn Online Books)
Library of Congress # QA75 Calculators (UPenn Online Books)
WorldCat, Library of Congress, UPenn Online Books, Open Library
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Participation
Education
MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
Organization
The Oughtred Society: Dedicated to the History of Slide Rules and Other Calculating Instruments
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