Wilhelm Schickard (see the calculating machine of Schickard) was born in the morning at half past seven on 22 April 1592, in Herrenberg, Germany. Herrenberg is a small town, located in the Württemberg ...
University of Tübingen scientist corresponded with astronomer Johannes Kepler – his invention fell into obscurity during the Thirty Years’ War A letter from Tübingen universal scientist Wilhelm ...
The Aritmometer was the first device capable of performing mathematical calculations automatically. It was invented in 1623 by the German mathematician and philosopher Wilhelm Schickard. However, ...
ON October 23, 1635, in the middle of the Thirty Years' War, Wilhelm Schickard, a famous German orientalist and astronomer, died of the plague at Tubingen. Schickard was born on April 22, 1592, at ...