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The top plane of the first "Automatic Totalisator," designed by George Julius (1913). It was a mechanical computer designed for calculating and displaying bets at horse races. There are more really awesome pictures of it, at this link: https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/historydisplays/SecondFloor/Totalisators/FirstJulius/FirstJuliusMain.php#tickets
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Wait, that was at the Ellerslie racecourse in Auckland, NZ? WTF??!! Mind blown 🀯. What kinda crazy shit going down in the backwater colonies β€œdown on the farm” in 1913??!! πŸ«₯🫠 cc @yeoro.eth ↑ Ellerslie!!
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Oooooh Phil maybe this was one of your ancestors
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