Schott's Description of his "Mathematical Organ"

1668
Engraving of  Organum mathematicum (1668), Iconismus I.
Schott, Organum mathematicum (1668), Iconismus I.
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"Organum Mathematicum" (Inv. 2741), Museo Galileo, Florence, Italy.
"Organum Mathematicum" (Inv. 2741), Museo Galileo, Florence, Italy.

In 1668 Organum Mathematicum  by the German Jesuit scientist Gaspard Schott was posthumously published in Nuremberg. In this book Schott described his “mathematical organ,” and his calculating machine based on Napier’s rods.

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Engraving of  Organum mathematicum (1668), Iconismus I.
Schott, Organum mathematicum (1668), Iconismus I.