"The Arithmometer" in: Journal of the Franklin Institute.

(Thomas de Colmar)"The Arithmometer" in: Journal of the Franklin Institute, third series, vol 61 whole series vol 91, January-June 1871. offered in the whole vol of 424pp. Half calf and marbled boards. Ex-library, with some stamps on the title page, bookplate on front paste down a Good and solid copy. __+__ The arithmometer (originally built in 1820) appears on pp 372-375, and features a rendering of the face on the calculating instrument--the short article is also remarkable I think for its clarity in describing the function and the operation of the machine, which was the earliest popularly-available anad highly versitile calculating machine of its era. __+__ There are many other papers of high interest, including the following examples: Edward C, Pickering, The Graphical Method, pp 272-278, with 3 plates of graphical examples. John Wise, On the Balloon as an Instrument in Meteorological Research, pp 345-349; Joseph Frizell, On a Ship Canal Across Cape Cod, pp 386-391; R.H. Thurston, Iron Manufacture in pp 29-38, 161-173 A.R. Leeds, Evolution as Affecting the Earth's Crust , pp 202-207; J.B. Nourse, The Suez Canal pp 238-243, with a folding plate; John Trautwine, Map of the Isthmus of Darien , pp 43-45 (with folding map); Ricour, M. "The Dispersion of Light , pp 48-58; Joseph M. Wilson, The Pennsylvania Railroad Shops at West Philadelphia ,pp 96-103 (with 6 lovely plates). …