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Computometer

Updated: 09/07/2025 by Computer Hope
Diagram of a computometer and a real computometer

The computometer was an adding machine invented by William George Cordingley, an English author who wrote about the stock exchange at the beginning of the 20th century. The machine performed calculations using seven digits, five of which were decimal numbers and two of which represented units of currency.

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