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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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This is really incredible. Thanks for sharing! 1000 $degen
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Thank you so much! It was hard to choose the best pic, because it’s all so amazing. But there are more pics here if you’re interested: https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/historydisplays/SecondFloor/Totalisators/FirstJulius/FirstJuliusMain.php
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