WebAncestor - "On This Day In Tech History" Wilhelm Schickard, creator of an early calculating machine, is born in Germany. Schickard uses wooden gears to build an adding machine in 1623, called
![The sketch of one of the first calculating machines from 1632 made by Wilhelm Schickard, a university professor from Tuebingen. The model of the machine that turned out to be functional was The sketch of one of the first calculating machines from 1632 made by Wilhelm Schickard, a university professor from Tuebingen. The model of the machine that turned out to be functional was](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/TA2361/the-sketch-of-one-of-the-first-calculating-machines-from-1632-made-by-wilhelm-schickard-a-university-professor-from-tuebingen-the-model-of-the-machine-that-turned-out-to-be-functional-was-rediscovered-in-the-papers-of-the-german-astronomer-johannes-kepler-1571-1630-TA2361.jpg)
The sketch of one of the first calculating machines from 1632 made by Wilhelm Schickard, a university professor from Tuebingen. The model of the machine that turned out to be functional was
![dec 9, 1623 - Wilhelm Schickard built the first-four function calculator-clock at the University of Heidelberg, thus heralding a new era. (Timeline) dec 9, 1623 - Wilhelm Schickard built the first-four function calculator-clock at the University of Heidelberg, thus heralding a new era. (Timeline)](https://time.graphics/uploadedFiles/tlScalePics/f4/5c/f45c781248751a712c97596f5f1aedf3.jpg)