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Catalogue Amendment:Lot 12: ”The Pascaline” (or: ”Arithmatique”) -Calculator by Blaise Pascal (
Catalogue Amendment:
Lot 12: ”The Pascaline” (or: ”Arithmatique”) -
Calculator by Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)
Historically accurate older model of the ‘Pascaline’ after the original design by Blaise Pascal, 1652.
Since going to press, additional scientific research and laboratory analysis have confirmed that the instrument on offer is an historically accurate early 20th century working-model of a six-digit Pascal calculator that differs from the original only in the following points:
1) The large lantern gears in the 9 known original Pascal machines were all cut from solid pieces of metal whereas the pins on this working model are inserted individually into wheels.
2) Spectral analysis reveals that the housing is of lacquered brass, and it is dated from the end of the 19th century. It is of the same style and construction as the 9 known original Pascal calculators.
3) The engraving on the upper plate is in the same script but with a slightly larger font than on the 1652 example in the CNAM (Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Paris)
4) The screws on this working model have either M3 or M4 thread - a size only introduced in 1919. The screw-thread suggests that the machine was produced in the 1920s, especially when compared to an- other ‘Pascaline’ calculator with nearly identical characteristics in the collection of the Science Museum in London, which is known to have been built by E. Rognon, horologist and employee of CNAM, in 1926. Both machines correspond to the vintage 6-digit model in the IBM collection in New York but bear only little similarity to the more recent IBM replicas.
5) The label is a handwritten facsimile on old paper (of approx. 80 – 150 years) not a photographic copy.
It should also be noted that as Blaise Pascal designed - but did not physically build – any of his calculators himself, variations exist even between the 9 known original examples !
This Pascal-pattern calculator was until recently in the possession of an old Canadian family. It is a fine, accurate and well-engineered older working model of the six-digit 1652 calculator in the CNAM in Paris.
In light of this new information, please note the revised estimate of Euro 25,000-40,000 / US$ 30,000-50,000 and reserve/start price of Euro 18,000 / US$ 23,000.
Catalogue: Lot 12
Rare Six-Digit "Pascaline Calculator", dated 1652
With lacquered-brass case, spoked digit-wheels with engraved white-metal scales corresponding (right to left) to: "Nombre Cimple", "dixaine", "Cantainne", "mille", "dixaine de mille" and "Cantainne de mille", sliding rule for changing display from addition to subtraction, brass-framed interior mechanism with six axles each carrying three lantern gears (some pins missing) and an inscribed paper-covered drum for the display, on wood plinth with four square feet and hinged flap with paper label inscribed "Esto probati Instrumenti Symbolum siot. Blasias Pascal arvernus Inventor 20 May 1652", width 11 ¼ in. (28,5 cm) x depth 5 1/8 in. (13 cm) x height 3 in. (7,8 cm). Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), mathematician, physicist and philosopher, is credited with the invention of the first mechanical calculator capable of addition and subtraction. His father, Étienne Pascal, was a lawyer and a judge in the tax court who assumed a new position as tax commissioner for Upper Normandy, based in Rouen, in 1639. – France had declared war with Spain four years earlier, leading the French government to renege on part of its internal debt and to increase taxation. Étienne – assisted by his son – was under pressure to keep accurate account of the rising tax levies with only the help of counting boards. In 1642 the 19-year old Blaise bega
Catalogue Amendment:
Lot 12: ”The Pascaline” (or: ”Arithmatique”) -
Calculator by Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)
Historically accurate older model of the ‘Pascaline’ after the original design by Blaise Pascal, 1652.
Since going to press, additional scientific research and laboratory analysis have confirmed that the instrument on offer is an historically accurate early 20th century working-model of a six-digit Pascal calculator that differs from the original only in the following points:
1) The large lantern gears in the 9 known original Pascal machines were all cut from solid pieces of metal whereas the pins on this working model are inserted individually into wheels.
2) Spectral analysis reveals that the housing is of lacquered brass, and it is dated from the end of the 19th century. It is of the same style and construction as the 9 known original Pascal calculators.
3) The engraving on the upper plate is in the same script but with a slightly larger font than on the 1652 example in the CNAM (Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Paris)
4) The screws on this working model have either M3 or M4 thread - a size only introduced in 1919. The screw-thread suggests that the machine was produced in the 1920s, especially when compared to an- other ‘Pascaline’ calculator with nearly identical characteristics in the collection of the Science Museum in London, which is known to have been built by E. Rognon, horologist and employee of CNAM, in 1926. Both machines correspond to the vintage 6-digit model in the IBM collection in New York but bear only little similarity to the more recent IBM replicas.
5) The label is a handwritten facsimile on old paper (of approx. 80 – 150 years) not a photographic copy.
It should also be noted that as Blaise Pascal designed - but did not physically build – any of his calculators himself, variations exist even between the 9 known original examples !
This Pascal-pattern calculator was until recently in the possession of an old Canadian family. It is a fine, accurate and well-engineered older working model of the six-digit 1652 calculator in the CNAM in Paris.
In light of this new information, please note the revised estimate of Euro 25,000-40,000 / US$ 30,000-50,000 and reserve/start price of Euro 18,000 / US$ 23,000.
Catalogue: Lot 12
Rare Six-Digit "Pascaline Calculator", dated 1652
With lacquered-brass case, spoked digit-wheels with engraved white-metal scales corresponding (right to left) to: "Nombre Cimple", "dixaine", "Cantainne", "mille", "dixaine de mille" and "Cantainne de mille", sliding rule for changing display from addition to subtraction, brass-framed interior mechanism with six axles each carrying three lantern gears (some pins missing) and an inscribed paper-covered drum for the display, on wood plinth with four square feet and hinged flap with paper label inscribed "Esto probati Instrumenti Symbolum siot. Blasias Pascal arvernus Inventor 20 May 1652", width 11 ¼ in. (28,5 cm) x depth 5 1/8 in. (13 cm) x height 3 in. (7,8 cm). Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), mathematician, physicist and philosopher, is credited with the invention of the first mechanical calculator capable of addition and subtraction. His father, Étienne Pascal, was a lawyer and a judge in the tax court who assumed a new position as tax commissioner for Upper Normandy, based in Rouen, in 1639. – France had declared war with Spain four years earlier, leading the French government to renege on part of its internal debt and to increase taxation. Étienne – assisted by his son – was under pressure to keep accurate account of the rising tax levies with only the help of counting boards. In 1642 the 19-year old Blaise bega
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2) Die zur Versteigerung gelangenden Gegenstände können zu den angegebenen Zeiten vor der Auktion - auf vollverantwortliche Gefahr des Interessenten - besichtigt und geprüft werden. Sie werden in dem Zustand versteigert, in dem sie sich befinden, ohne Gewähr und Haftung für offene und versteckte Mängel sowie Zuschreibungen; spätere Beanstandungen - gleich, welcher Art - können nicht berücksichtigt werden. Die Katalogbeschreibungen werden nach bestem Wissen und Gewissen vorgenommen, stellen jedoch keine zugesicherten Eigenschaften im Sinne des § 459ff. BGB dar. Das Auskunftsersuchen nach § 26 UStR ist zugesichert. - Eine Rücknahme ersteigerter Objekte ist ausgeschlossen. Nutzen Sie deshalb den Vorteil der Vorbesichtigung (auch durch Freunde oder Bekannte).
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9) Wird die Zahlung nicht rechtzeitig geleistet oder das Gut nicht abgenommen, so kann der Versteigerer wahlweise Erfüllung des Kaufvertrages oder Schadenersatz wegen Nichterfüllung verlangen. Unabhängig hiervon kann er auch den Gegenstand auf Kosten des Käufers bei einer der nächsten Auktionen noch einmal ausbieten. Für die Wiederversteigerung gilt der Bieter als Einlieferer und hat die entsprechende Auftragsprovision sowie die darauf entfallende MwSt. zu entrichten. Alle mit der Versteigerung in Zusammenhang stehenden Transport- und Lagerkosten und evtl. anfallende Kosten für die Hinzuziehung von Hilfskräften werden vom Erlös abgesetzt. Der danach verbleibende Erlös wird per Datum des tatsächlichen Zahlungseingangs auf die Schadenersatzforderung gem. § 367 BGB verrechnet.
10) Die Ausgabe ersteigerter Gegenstände erfolgt jederzeit während und nach der Auktion gegen Vorlage der Kassenquittung. Unmittelbar nach der Auktion ausgestellte Rechnungen erfolgen unter dem Recht der Nachprüfung und eventueller Berichtigung: Irrtum vorbehalten.
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11) Jeder Versand erfolgt auf Kosten und Gefahr des Käufers. Pakete über EUR 500,- werden auf Wunsch versichert. Ein Versand wird mit mindestens EUR 20,– + MwSt. je Maschine/Gerät oder Los-Nr. für Verpackung und Porto berechnet. Auslands- und Überseesendungen werden nach effektivem Paketporto und gewünschter Versandart berechnet. Die Kosten werden per Nachnahme erhoben bzw. können per Kreditkarte oder Paypal (nicht BidPay/Western Union) im Voraus gezahlt werden.
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14) Durch die Teilnahme an der Auktion oder Gebotsabgabe erkennt der Besucher die vorstehenden Bedingungen ausdrücklich an.