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Israel Abraham Staffel: Lost Book Is Found
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Valery V. Shilov, Sergey A. Silantiev
Aarticle is devoted to Izrael Abraham Staffel (1814-1885) who was very famous in his times inventor. The brief biography of Staffel and description of his developments are presented. Particular attention is paid to his mechanical calculating machines. For the first time it is published unique document, handwritten Staffel’s book that was considered lost. This book provides detailed information about one of the most famous Staffel’s inventions – arithmometer, which was awarded at the Great London Exhibition in 1851. The paper also clarifies and complements certain facts about his life, activity and inventions.
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Vol. 549. , Switzerland : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2019