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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

Digital artist, curator, former VJ. I make art with old computers and video games since 2005. https://linktr.ee/vjentter

Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Italy

Thanks entter!!! And "wow" is right, this thing is crazy.