Calculation Collection (#2)

Mr Sol Stone, the lightning calculator (b / w photo)
5227045 Mr Sol Stone, the lightning calculator (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr Sol Stone, the lightning calculator)

Mental Calculation, 1895 (colour litho)
5234064 Mental Calculation, 1895 (colour litho) by Bogdanov-Belsky, Nikolai Petrovich (1868-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mental Calculation, 1895)

Comic postcard, Couple getting married. Wedding bells ring at the church, all is joy and jubilation. But, somewhere the stork sits on his perch, doing a little calculation! Date: 20th century

Technical drawings (pen & ink on paper)
XJF311618 Technical drawings (pen & ink on paper) by English School; Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Hadleys quadrant with transversal boxwood scale, c. 1750 (brass & wood)
MFR348349 Hadleys quadrant with transversal boxwood scale, c.1750 (brass & wood) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Double-framed bridge sextant, c. 1780 (brass & wood)
MFR348344 Double-framed bridge sextant, c.1780 (brass & wood) by Ramsden, Jesse (1735-1800); Private Collection; (add.info.: Instrument used for navigation and calculating latitude; ); English

Lodestone (magnetite)
MFR348337 Lodestone (magnetite) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: possibly used to renew the magnetic strength of ships compasses; ); English, out of copyright

Original set of Napiers Bones with fitted case and contemporary publication
MFR348319 Original set of Napiers Bones with fitted case and contemporary publication, 1685 (boxwood) by English School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Reflecting Circle (brass & glass)
MFR348309 Reflecting Circle (brass & glass) by Lenoir, Etienne (1744-1832); Private Collection; (add.info.: Essentially an octant extended to a full circle; Used for determining longitude)

Portable transit instrument, c. 1800 (brass)
MFR348307 Portable transit instrument, c.1800 (brass) by Lenoir, Etienne (1744-1832); Private Collection; (add.info.: Used for the precise observation of star positions; ); French, out of copyright

Calculating machine invented by Blaise Pascal (1623-62) (wood & metal)
XIR95894 Calculating machine invented by Blaise Pascal (1623-62) (wood & metal) by French School, (17th century); Musee du Ranquet, Clermont-Ferrand

Calculating machine invented by Blaise Pascal (1623-62) in 1642 (wood & metal)
CHT166621 Calculating machine invented by Blaise Pascal (1623-62) in 1642 (wood & metal) by French School, (17th century); CNAM, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers

Diagrams of measurements and text (vellum)
NUL42003 Diagrams of measurements and text (vellum) by French School, (12th century); Bibliotheque Municipale, Avranches, France; (add.info.: Geometry of astrology; ); French, out of copyright

The accountant cook, 1862 (oil on canvas)
JEB4887503 The accountant cook, 1862 (oil on canvas) by Ribot, Auguste Theodule (1823-91); Palais de Longchamp, Marseille, France; eJean Bernard; French, out of copyright

Chinese counter ball (Abaco)
GIA4692511 Chinese counter ball (Abaco). by Chinese School; Private Collection; (add.info.: Chinese counter ball (Abaco).); eGiancarlo Costa; Chinese, out of copyright

Calculating machine invented by Blaise Pascal (1623-63) in 1642 (wood and metal)
CHT171359 Calculating machine invented by Blaise Pascal (1623-63) in 1642 (wood and metal) by French School, (17th century); CNAM, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers

Calculating Machine invented by Blaise Pascal (1623-62), 1644 (metal) (b / w photo)
XIR157811 Calculating Machine invented by Blaise Pascal (1623-62), 1644 (metal) (b/w photo) by French School, (17th century); CNAM, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Paris; French

Learning Mathematics, illustration from a Franco-German book
CHT213012 Learning Mathematics, illustration from a Franco-German book, early 18th century (engraving) (b/w photo) by French School, (18th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Scene from the Youth of Blaise Pascal (1623-62) 1860-70 (oil on canvas)
XHC180669 Scene from the Youth of Blaise Pascal (1623-62) 1860-70 (oil on canvas) by Leroux, Louis Hector (1829-1900); Musee d Art Thomas Henry, Cherbourg, France; French, out of copyright

A Page from Abraham Lincolns (1808-65) mathematics schoolbook (litho)
PNP257046 A Page from Abraham Lincolns (1808-65) mathematics schoolbook (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Plain theodolite with trade card on inside of case lid, c. 1780 (brass)
MFR348348 Plain theodolite with trade card on inside of case lid, c.1780 (brass) by Bennett, John (fl.1760); Private Collection; (add.info)

Marine barometer with wall support and gimbals, in wooden case with instructions, c
MFR348334 Marine barometer with wall support and gimbals, in wooden case with instructions, c.1820 (mahogany & brass) by Dollond (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Sextant (brass, wood & glass)
MFR348329 Sextant (brass, wood & glass) by Adams, George (1750-95); Private Collection; (add.info.: Instrument used for navigation and calculating latitude; ); English, out of copyright

Advert for The Adder Adding Machine. 1909

Sophie Germain, the brilliant young mathematician (chromolitho)
724604 Sophie Germain, the brilliant young mathematician (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sophie Germain)

Astronomical diagrams, fol. 2r from the Codex Leicester
XJF308795 Astronomical diagrams, fol. 2r from the Codex Leicester, 1508-1512 (pen & ink on paper) (b/w photo) by Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519); Private Collection; Italian, out of copyright

Page from the Codex Leicester, 1508-12 (pen & ink on paper)
XJF311617 Page from the Codex Leicester, 1508-12 (pen & ink on paper) by Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519); Private Collection; Italian, out of copyright

Sextant, c. 1780 (brass)
MFR348315 Sextant, c.1780 (brass) by Nairne & Blunt (fl.1770s); 36.83 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Instrument used for navigation; signed Joseph Garnault (probably the original owner)

Modern Replica of Napiers Bones (boxwood & walnut)
MFR348311 Modern Replica of Napiers Bones (boxwood & walnut) by English School; Private Collection; (add.info.: created by Scottish mathematician John Napier (1550-1617)

A Volvelle, possibly showing the cycles of the Moon, after an illustration from
XJF294097 A Volvelle, possibly showing the cycles of the Moon, after an illustration from Astronomicon Caesareum by Petrus Apianus, 1540 (woodcut) (b/w photo) by German School

Johann Adam Schall von Bell, from China Illustrata by Athanasius Kircher
XJF359054 Johann Adam Schall von Bell, from China Illustrata by Athanasius Kircher, 1667 (engraving) by Dutch School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Death of Archimedes of Syracuse (mosaic, 18th century)
LRI4643231 Death of Archimedes of Syracuse (mosaic, 18th century) by Unknown artist, (18th century); StAadel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Consumption meter for the use of lemonadiers, 1862. Engraving in "
XEE4149581 Consumption meter for the use of lemonadiers, 1862. Engraving in " Le Monde Illustre" nA'255 of 1 March 1862

The dirty dish dealer. Engraving to illustrate the journey to Japan, by Aime Humbert
LSE4328677 The dirty dish dealer. Engraving to illustrate the journey to Japan, by Aime Humbert, minister of the Swiss Confederation, in 1863-1864, published in " le tour du monde"

Book of English Life Tables, 1864 (litho)
3527174 Book of English Life Tables, 1864 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: These life assurance tables were calculated by the Scheutz Difference Engine No 3)

George Parker Bidder, English engineer and childhood calculating prodigy, as aboy (engraving)
3638369 George Parker Bidder, English engineer and childhood calculating prodigy, as aboy (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Fragmentary copy, 1710-15 (red chalk on ivory laid paper)
2972686 Fragmentary copy, 1710-15 (red chalk on ivory laid paper) by Crespi, Giuseppe Maria (Lo Spagnuolo) (1665-1747); 20.2x14.1 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Modern replica of a cross staff by Harriet Wynter Ltd. (ivory & wood)
MFR348332 Modern replica of a cross staff by Harriet Wynter Ltd. (ivory & wood) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Bridge-type sextants, c. 1780 (brass)
MFR348330 Bridge-type sextants, c.1780 (brass) by Ramsden, Jesse (1735-1800) & Fraser, William (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Graphometer or clinometer (brass, glass & steel)
MFR348327 Graphometer or clinometer (brass, glass & steel) by Dutch School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A surveying instrument used for angle measurements; ); Dutch

Allegory of Astronomy, from an edition of Margarita Philosophica
CHT223767 Allegory of Astronomy, from an edition of Margarita Philosophica by Gregor Reisch, published in Basel, 1508 (woodcut) by Reisch

Astronomical diagrams, from the Codex Leicester, 1508-12 (pen & ink on paper)
XJF311616 Astronomical diagrams, from the Codex Leicester, 1508-12 (pen & ink on paper) by Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519); Private Collection; Italian, out of copyright

Finding a world by arithmetic (litho)
976621 Finding a world by arithmetic (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Finding a world by arithmetic)

Plate XX from Volume I of The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
BAL136311 Plate XX from Volume I of The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy by Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) engraved by John Lodge (fl)

Allegory of Arithmetic, from Margarita Philosophica by Gregor Reisch
CHT162794 Allegory of Arithmetic, from Margarita Philosophica by Gregor Reisch, 1503 (woodcut) by Reisch, Gregor (d.1525); Bibliotheque de la Faculte de Medecine, Paris

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