Schickard, W.

Japanese: Schickerd,W.(英語表記)SchickerdW
Schickard, W.

...This machine was used to perform multiplication and division by lining up sticks with multiplication tables broken down and written on them, and was widely used for practical purposes. Later, around 1823, W. Schickard of Germany attempted to create a prototype calculating machine that combined Napier's multiplication and division mechanism with an addition and subtraction mechanism using gears. This machine has now been restored.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Schickerd, W." is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これは,九九の表を分解記入した棒を並べて,乗除算を行うものであって,実用的に広く使われたという。その後,23年ころ,ドイツのシッケルトW.Schickerdは,ネーピアの計算棒による乗除算機構と歯車による加減算機構とを組み込んだ計算機械を試作しようとした。この機械は現在,復元されている。…

※「Schickerd,W.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Schiavone

>>:  Schidium marcidum (English spelling) Schidiummarcidum

Recommend

Manure - kyuhi

It is made by piling up and rotting livestock man...

Yoshimon

Year of death: Tempo 14.8.15 (1843.9.8) Year of bi...

Andreae, J.

…He was one of the co-authors, if not the author,...

Western Memoirs - Seiyo Kibun

A book written by Arai Hakuseki. In 1708 (5th yea...

Administrative compulsory collection - Compulsory collection of a business

…When a citizen fails to voluntarily fulfill a pu...

Rhysodidae

...The thoracic legs of the larvae are small comp...

Gejigeji fern - Gejigeji fern

A summer-green fern of the Dryopteris family. The...

A sense of having already experienced something

…It is a mental experience in which, faced with a...

Opera House

This complex is located at the scenic Bennelong Po...

Credit and Debt - Saikensaimu

A right that a specific person (creditor) has to d...

Sound foot - Onkyaku

...Rhythm is also often used to explain the arran...

Ogata Koreyoshi - Ogata Koreyoshi

Year of birth: Year of birth and death unknown. A ...

Arson - Houka

〘 noun 〙 To light a fire in order to start a fire....

Kakaji [town] - Kakaji

A former town in Nishi-Kunisaki District, in the n...

Heo Jun

...23 volumes, 25 volumes. Heo Jun, ordered by Ki...