Willgodt Theophil Odhner (1845-1905)

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Name (English)
Willgodt Theophil Odhner
Short name
Willgodt Theophil Odhner
Year of birth
1845
Year of death
1905
Short Description
"Willgodt Theophil Odhner (in Cyrillic, Вильгодт Теофил Однер) was a Swedish engineer and entrepreneur, working in St. Petersburg, Russia. He was the inventor of the Odhner Arithmometer, which by the 1940s was one of the most popular type of portable mechanical calculator in the world.

According to a brochure distributed by Odhner's company at the Paris World exposition of 1900 "...Odhner had, in 1871, an opportunity to repair a Thomas calculating machine and then became convinced that it is possible to solve the problem of mechanical calculation by a simpler and more appropriate way". It took him 19 years to perfect the design of this new machine so it could be manufactured effectively." - (en.wikipedia.org 23.12.2020)
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  • Rechenmaschine

    Rechenmaschine

    Typ: Arithmometer Original...

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    Image: DASA Arbeitswelt Ausstellung, Dortmund - CC BY-NC-SA

  • Odhner típusú számológép

    Odhner típusú számológép

    Arithmos Sverige márkájú fém...

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    Image: Ferenczy Múzeumi Centrum - CC BY-NC-SA

  • Mechanikus számológép

    Mechanikus számológép

    Original Odhner hordozható...

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    Image: Magyar Környezetvédelmi és Vízügyi Múzeum - Duna Múzeum - CC BY-NC-SA

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