The Patent Behind the Calculator
August 21, 2019
For our members and other professionals working in the financial sector, using math and calculators is an everyday necessity. Did you know you can thank William Burroughs for that invention? On this day in 1888, Mr. Burroughs patented the first practical adding and listing machine, which would later become better known as a calculator.
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