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Empire of the Sum

February 24, 2024

Todays blog post are a few scans from a book I read recently title Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculater

table of contents for emipre of the sum — Table of contents

introduction page for empire of the sum — Introduction page for Empire of the Sum

introduction pages for empire of the sum — Introduction for Empire of the Sum

lebombo bone, mathematical artifacr — The Lebombo Bone

photograph a bulla — A Bulla

roman tesserae, wilhelm froehner, paris's musee du louvre — Gallery of Roman Tesserae

illustration guide to bede's finger counting method, filippo calandri's math textbook, 1491 math textbook — Illustration Guide to Bede’s finger counting method

abacus, how to use and abacus — Abacus use explanation

how to use a abacus, empire of the sum abacus — Abacus use explanation

counting board, abacus, greek island of salamis — Earliest known abacus aka counting board

chinese counting rod numerals chart — Chinese counting rod numerals

earliest known chinese abacus, cheng da wei suan fa tong zong — Earliest known Chinese Abacus

modern replica of classical hand abacus, roman hand abacus — Mordern replica of classical Roman Hand Abacus