Lot 877
  • 877

MECHANICAL CALCULATORS, 19TH CENTURY

Estimate
250 - 350 GBP
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Description

  • A collection of 7 works, comprising:
i. Bollée, Léon A.A. (1870-1913). Sur une nouvelle machine à calculer, in Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences Vol. 109, July-December 1889, Séance du Lundi 11 Novembre, 1889. Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1889, 4to, marbled boards, (bought from Hugues de Latude, 2005), [T&W Add7; Randell 1979 p.112]ii. Engelmann, Max (1874-1928). Philipp Matthäus Hahn. Berlin: Schmidt & Co., 1923, 8vo, original cloth, browning [not in T&W]iii. Lempe, A.J.L. Beschrijving en handleiding eener reken-machine met staafjes. Leiden: D. du Mortier en Zoon, 1839, 8vo, two hand-coloured folding plates, contemporary marbled boards, box [T&W L76]iv. [Patents.] Description des machines et procédés pour lesquels des brevets d'invention ont été pris ... année 1874. Tome XI. Instruments de Précision. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, n.d., folio, five folding plates, stab stitched, plates loose, browning [T&W P24]v. [Patents.] Description des machines et procédés pour lesquels des brevets d'invention ont été pris ... année 1875. Tome XVII. ... Compteurs. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, n.d., folio, four folding plates, stab stitched, browning [T&W P25]vi. [Patents.] Description des machines et procédés pour lesquels des brevets d'invention ont été pris ... année 1887. Tome LXIII. Instruments de Précision. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, n.d., folio, 20 plates, disbound, browning [T&W P26]vii. [Troncet], Louis-J. (born c.1850). Arithmographie Troncet. Paris: Gautherin, n.d., 12mo, hand-written corrections, unbound leaflet as issued [T&W T53]

Condition

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Catalogue Note

These French patents of the 1870s record details of a number of calculating machines by Mayer, Richard, Lorenz, and others, that are not mentioned in reference books on the subject.