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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi All, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Since Peggy didn’t mention it, I will: Her essay
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">“</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Mathematical Instruments Changing Hands at World’s Fairs, 1851–1904<b>”
</b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">is a great and highly relevant, too!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Best, Bernard
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> on behalf of Kidwell, Peggy via Members <members@lists.sigcis.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, 23 December 2022 at 23:26<br>
<b>To: </b>Foster, David via Members <members@lists.sigcis.org>, Pierre Mounier-Kuhn <mounier@msh-paris.fr>, Foster, David <davidfos@ttu.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Seeking Information on Adding Machines, Mechanical Calculators, etc. Designed and Used in the U.S. Prior to 1877<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif">You might also wish to check out the “web object groups” on adding machines, calculating machines, and adders on the web page of the Smithsonian’sNational Museum of American History. In addition
to a general introduction and a list of resources, there are descriptions of individual types of machine. Within each section, the machines are arranged chronologically. Be sure to click on the title of an object to bring up more information. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif">Good luck!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif">Peggy Kidwell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif">NMAH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> on behalf of Foster, David via Members <members@lists.sigcis.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 23, 2022 2:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Pierre Mounier-Kuhn <mounier@msh-paris.fr><br>
<b>Cc:</b> members <members@lists.sigcis.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Seeking Information on Adding Machines, Mechanical Calculators, etc. Designed and Used in the U.S. Prior to 1877</span>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;background:#FFEB9C"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#9C6500">External Email - Exercise Caution</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thank you, sir! I just downloaded your paper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US">I will follow up! Greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best/Dave<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Pierre Mounier-Kuhn <mounier@msh-paris.fr><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, December 23, 2022 at 12:36<br>
<b>To: </b>Foster, David <davidfos@ttu.edu><br>
<b>Cc: </b>members <members@lists.sigcis.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Seeking Information on Adding Machines, Mechanical Calculators, etc. Designed and Used in the U.S. Prior to 1877</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:#FFEB9C"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black">This email originated outside TTU. Please
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exercise caution</a>!</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hello Dave.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I am very interested in this topic. Recently I attempted to sketch an economic history of this nascent industrial sector, with this exploratory paper
written from a European point of view:</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.academia.edu%2F41536923%2FLindustrie_des_calculatrices_un_leadership_fran%25C3%25A7ais_suivi_dune_domination_germanique_et_am%25C3%25A9ricaine_The_Calculator_Industry_in_the_XIXth_century_An_Early_French_Leadership_Swept_Away_by_New_Entrants&data=05%7C01%7Ckidwellp%40si.edu%7Ca1ed774fc32f4e36a8fb08dae5238934%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C638074238055546676%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Cu0i34FW2l2n0tdAlndIIYL4rJWPStp1%2BIEcBGIw5w8%3D&reserved=0">https://www.academia.edu/41536923/Lindustrie_des_calculatrices_un_leadership_fran%C3%A7ais_suivi_dune_domination_germanique_et_am%C3%A9ricaine_The_Calculator_Industry_in_the_XIXth_century_An_Early_French_Leadership_Swept_Away_by_New_Entrants</a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I would be glad to discuss the matter with you and other connoisseurs within SIGCIS. Certainly de Colmar’s Arithmometre made its way across the Atlantic,
both as direct exports from the Paris workshop or as later clones (Burckhardt, Saxonia through Carl Reuter, etc.). That it "inspired some emulation or other ideas" is obvious, if only with the very name of Felt's "Comptometer". Toward 1900, some 15 companies
in Europe were making and marketing Arithmometre clones, so it would be surprising not to find similar ventures in America, along with makers of more modern designs.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Happy Holidays & New Year to all!</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Regards,
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Pierre<br>
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Pierre Mounier-Kuhn<br>
CNRS, Sorbonne Université & CentraleSupélec</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">https://cnrs.academia.edu/PierreMounierKuhn<br>
https://laboutique.edpsciences.fr/produit/1255/9782759827053/histoire-illustree-de-l-informatique<br>
http://www.rdv-histoire.com/mounier-kuhn-pierre-eric</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>À: </b>"members" <members@lists.sigcis.org><br>
<b>Envoyé: </b>Vendredi 23 Décembre 2022 18:48:52<br>
<b>Objet: </b>[SIGCIS-Members] Seeking Information on Adding Machines, Mechanical Calculators, etc. Designed and Used in the U.S. Prior to 1877</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Hello SIGCIS!</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">I have the opportunity to do a research paper for a Spring term historiography course and I’d like to depart from the themes of the assigned readings and return to research in the realm of computing
history. Given the chronological constraint of 1877 as the upper year, I can get just a bit into the beginning timeframe of James Cortada’s
<i>Before the Computer</i> and had been thinking that devices like de Colmar’s Arithmometre (1820) must have made their way across the Atlantic and inspired some emulation or other ideas. The good people at the reference section of the LOC have given me some
useful background and I’ve rec’d some valuable tips on patent search and organization methodologies. I have just started to search the patent history (calculators, adding machines, etc.), but any advice or insights on 19<sup>th</sup> century American “computing”
from the group are greatly appreciated.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Happy Holidays & New Year!</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Regards, Dave</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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