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Court Stops Auction of Calculator Valued at Ksh452 Million
Nancy Osumba November 20, 2025

A rare example of the first functioning calculating machine in history, La Pascaline, is set to be retained in France after a Paris court provisionally prevented its export, halting its scheduled auction. The machine, which was designed in 1642 by the French mathematician Blaise Pascal, aged only 19, was called by Christie’s, the auction house […]

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