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In this chapter some ancient computational devices are presented. Among the latter, particularly interesting are the Greek devices to compute the cubic roots. Some reconstructions of the famous Mechanism of Antikitera is also presented. Finally, a technique to compute the multiplication using the Greek and Roman notation for the numbers is shown.
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Rossi, C., Russo, F. (2017). Ancient Computation Devices. In: Ancient Engineers' Inventions. History of Mechanism and Machine Science, vol 33. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44476-5_6
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