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To understand the working of Pascaline, watch the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h71HAJWnVU&ab_channel=MechanicalComputing
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To see simple calculations using Leibniz’s calculator, watch the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OacMkA38QiQ&ab_channel=zap210
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