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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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incredible machinery, i'd like to hear what it sounds like when computing those calculations

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Hmm probably more “clank clank clink clink, and less “boop boop beep beep.” 🤔

probably! with that much machinery, it could have sounded like a roaring jet engine at 180 decibels 😅