Project Gutenberg 2009-01-30 Public domain in the USA. 95 Jacomy-Régnier Jacomy-Regnier Histoire des nombres et de la numération mécanique Produced by Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Histoire des nombres et de la numération mécanique" by Jacomy-Régnier is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The book delves into the evolution of numerical systems and mechanical calculation devices, tracing their development from ancient civilizations to modern times. It explores human intellect's triumphs and failures in mechanizing arithmetic through various inventions, highlighting the contributions of notable figures throughout history. The opening portion of the text presents a philosophical reflection on human progress in mathematics and technology. Jacomy-Régnier criticizes contemporary society's pride in its material achievements while neglecting the historical efforts that led to such advancements. He emphasizes the importance of acknowledging past geniuses who laid the groundwork for modern innovations. The narrative then transitions to the life and ambitions of M. Thomas of Colmar, who dreams of creating a machine capable of performing arithmetic operations, setting the stage for the exploration of the conflict between ambitious inventors and the societal reception of their breakthroughs. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Calculators Mathematical instruments QA Text Mathematics FR Sciences et Techniques Browsing: Mathematics Browsing: Science - General 183387 183397 2024-09-12T06:18:24.844604 2023-09-12T09:47:10.442271 text/html text/html 177437 2021-01-04T16:51:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 132235 2021-01-04T16:51:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 142458 2024-09-12T06:18:27.950583 application/epub+zip 143530 2024-09-12T06:18:25.344671 application/epub+zip 130547 2024-09-12T06:18:25.072598 application/epub+zip 211691 2024-09-12T06:18:30.036542 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 194019 2024-09-12T06:18:27.509606 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 178301 2022-09-13T05:55:37.069387 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 164945 164739 2024-09-12T06:18:24.534640 2023-09-12T09:47:10.154240 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 160853 2021-01-04T16:51:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 58439 2021-01-04T16:51:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18450 2024-09-12T06:18:30.168551 application/rdf+xml 14179 2024-09-12T06:18:25.156627 image/jpeg 2376 2024-09-12T06:18:25.113708 image/jpeg 132752 2024-09-12T06:18:24.864615 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog