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Record 1 2020-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Computers and Calculators
  • Calculating Procedures (Mathematics)
CONT

The Comptometer was the first commercially successful key-driven mechanical calculator, patented in the United States by Dorr E. Felt in 1887.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs
  • Procédés de calcul (Mathématiques)
CONT

[...] le Comptomètre [...] est la première machine à calculer à clavier direct à avoir connu un succès commercial réel.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombres comerciales
  • Computadoras y calculadoras
  • Métodos de cálculo (Matemáticas)
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