Baldwin, FS (English spelling)

Japanese: Baldwin,F.S.(英語表記)BaldwinFS
Baldwin, FS (English spelling)

…This was due to weaknesses in the mechanical design and insufficient machining precision, which could not be solved with the technology of the time. Practical hand-cranked calculators were commercially produced in 1820 by Charles Xavier Thomas and in 1875 by Frank Stephen Baldwin. In Japan, Yato Ryoichi applied for a patent for a hand-cranked calculator based on his own concept, the Automatic Abacus, in 1902, and manufactured and sold several hundred units in the following few years. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Baldwin, FS" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…それは,機械設計上の弱点と加工精度の不十分さとに起因していて,当時の技術では解決できなかったのである。実用的な手回し計算機は,1820年にトーマスCharles Xavier Thomasや,75年にボールドウィンFrank Stephen Baldwinなどによって商業的に生産されるようになった。 日本では,1902年に矢頭良一が独自の構想による手回し計算機〈自働算盤〉を特許出願し,その後数年間に二百数十台を製造・販売した。…

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