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Re: Mathematical tables and machine computation c.1932
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2024 Dec 4, 00:25 +0000

Interestingly, the noun “calculator” originally applied to the person using the machine (typically a woman) and not to the machine itself…

Lu Abel

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