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| Jul 9, 2017 at 12:44 | comment | added | DaveIdito | (Here's)[phaser.com/modules/historic/leibniz/] a one page reading which actually starts with the tractrix curve. Check out the reference section of the page as well. (This page)[publicdomainreview.org/2016/11/10/… too (a bit general towards end). The reference section is quite rich though. Good luck! | |
| Jul 9, 2017 at 12:38 | comment | added | DaveIdito | The one that I know of is actually what you mentioned- the tractrix curve. Though it was originally studied by Huygens, it was Leibniz who motivation the public interest in this curve (they both were contemporaries). Sadly, this is the only one I know of. But again, Leibniz was more interested in the general idea of computation rather than the design. | |
| Jul 9, 2017 at 12:26 | comment | added | user2554 | So you didnt answer my question - my question at least asks for good articles about these mechanisms, and maybe for explanation. | |
| Jul 9, 2017 at 11:58 | comment | added | user2554 | Hey!! i don't confuse digital with analog computers - my question is purposedly not concerned with the stepped reckoner (which i know is a digital computer). Actually i know the inner workings of the stepped reckoner (i wrote a wikipedia article at a certain lanuague about the stepped reckoner). My question is concerned with some of the other mechanisms of leibniz, wich i suspect were analog. | |
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| Jul 9, 2017 at 10:57 | history | answered | DaveIdito | CC BY-SA 3.0 |