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Israel Abraham Staffel: Lost Book Is Found
Tekijät: Leipälä Timo, Shilov Valery V., Silantiev Sergey A.
Toimittaja: Christopher Leslie, Martin Schmitt
Konferenssin vakiintunut nimi: IFIP International Conference on the History of Computing
Kustantaja: SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG, GEWERBESTRASSE 11, CHAM, CH-6330, SWITZERLAND
Julkaisuvuosi: 2019
Journal: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Kokoomateoksen nimi: Histories of Computing in Eastern Europe: IFIP WG 9.7 International Workshop on the History of Computing, HC 2018, Held at the 24th IFIP World Computer Congress, WCC 2018, Poznań, Poland, September 19–21, 2018, Revised Selected Papers
Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: HISTORIES OF COMPUTING IN EASTERN EUROPE, HC 2018
Lehden akronyymi: IFIP ADV INF COMM TE
Sarjan nimi: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Vuosikerta: 549
Aloitussivu: 229
Lopetussivu: 251
Sivujen määrä: 23
ISBN: 978-3-030-29159-4
eISBN: 978-3-030-29160-0
ISSN: 1868-4238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29160-0_12
This article is devoted to the rediscovery of a document by Israel Abraham Staffel (1814-1885), a prolific Polish inventor. It is a handwritten book in Russian and Polish that provides detailed information about one of the most famous of Staffel's inventions, a 13-digit arithmometer, honored at the Great London Exhibition in 1851. The brief biography of Staffel, born into a Jewish family of meagre means who became famous in his time as an inventor, and a description of his developments are presented. Particular attention is paid to his mechanical calculating machines. In the Appendix, an English translation of the handwritten book by Staffel appears for the first time. Typical mechanical calculating machines by the end of the nineteenth century were based on Leibniz's stepped drums. Staffel's arithmometer was based on pinwheels. The content of the discovered book allows us to raise the question of the influence of Staffel's invention on the arithmometer's design. The paper, which also clarifies and complements certain facts about his life, activity and inventions, demonstrates the need for further archival research to confirm the currently accepted history of innovation.
