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  2. Brunsviga - Wikipedia

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    Brunsviga 15 Mechanical Calculator Original Odhner-Arithmos-Typ-5. Brunsviga is a calculating machine company whose history goes back to 1892 with devices upgrading from mechanical to electrical thereafter. The firm Grimme & Natalis that manufactured the machines changed their name to Brunsviga Maschinenwerke A.G. in 1927.

  3. Mechanical calculator - Wikipedia

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    For forty years the arithmometer was the only type of mechanical calculator available for sale until the industrial production of the more successful Odhner Arithmometer in 1890. [ 8 ] The comptometer , introduced in 1887, was the first machine to use a keyboard that consisted of columns of nine keys (from 1 to 9) for each digit.

  4. IBM 604 - Wikipedia

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    The IBM 604 Electronic Calculating Punch was the world's first mass-produced electronic calculator along with its predecessor the IBM 603. [1] It was an electronic unit record machine that could perform multiple calculations, including division.

  5. Stepped reckoner - Wikipedia

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    The stepped reckoner or Leibniz calculator was a mechanical calculator invented by the German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (started in 1673, when he presented a wooden model to the Royal Society of London [2] and completed in 1694). [1]

  6. Science and technology in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    The apex body in Sri Lanka for government research funding is the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka. [2] The Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development (AHEAD), a joint program between the Sri Lankan government and the World Bank, provides research grants to Sri Lanka's higher education institutes.

  7. Unibuffel - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lanka Army Sri Lanka Navy Sri Lanka Air Force Special Task Force United Nations Peacekeeping: Production history; Designer: Sri Lanka Electrical and Mechanical Engineers: Manufacturer: Sri Lanka Electrical and Mechanical Engineers: Unit cost: 3 million rupee [1] ($29,646) Produced: 2000 - Present: Variants: Mark I to Mark II: Specifications ...

  8. Fast bowler Pathirana leads Sri Lanka to five-wicket win over ...

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    Young fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana grabbed a career-best 4-32 and led injury-hit Sri Lanka to a comfortable five-wicket win over Bangladesh in the Asia Cup on Thursday. Pathirana consistently ...

  9. Aban Pestonjee - Wikipedia

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    Aban Pestonjee (Sinhala: අබාන් පෙස්ටොන්ජි) is the chairperson and founder of the Abans group of companies. She is known as one of the first entrepreneurs who initiated in first bringing Korean technology to Sri Lankan consumers.