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The people who produced 800-1160-digit approximations of pi before computers ... back in the late 1940s (e.g. Wrench & Smith) ... used electro-mechanical calcul
by 8bitsrule 7y ago
The people who produced 800-1160-digit approximations of pi before computers ... back in the late 1940s (e.g. Wrench & Smith) ... used electro-mechanical calculators (e.g. Marchant). That (doomed) technology is well-documented here: http://www.vintagecalculators.com/ http://www.vintagecalculators.com/