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• ... that lawyer, translator, and inventor '''[[Per Georg Scheutz (nonfiction)|Per Georg Scheutz]]''', along with his son Edward, built several experimental calculation engines inspired by [[Charles Babbage (nonfiction)|Charles Babbage]]'s difference engine; and that the Scheutzian calculation engine was demonstrated at the World's Fair in Paris, 1855, and later sold commercially, being the the first printing calculator sold? | • ... that lawyer, translator, and inventor '''[[Per Georg Scheutz (nonfiction)|Per Georg Scheutz]]''', along with his son Edward, built several experimental calculation engines inspired by [[Charles Babbage (nonfiction)|Charles Babbage]]'s difference engine; and that the Scheutzian calculation engine was demonstrated at the World's Fair in Paris, 1855, and later sold commercially, being the the first printing calculator sold? | ||
• ... that musician-activist Woody Guthrie | • ... that musician-activist Woody Guthrie makes a cameo appearance in the American period comedy-drama biographical film '''''[[Woody Nights]]'''''? | ||
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• ... that lawyer, translator, and inventor Per Georg Scheutz, along with his son Edward, built several experimental calculation engines inspired by Charles Babbage's difference engine; and that the Scheutzian calculation engine was demonstrated at the World's Fair in Paris, 1855, and later sold commercially, being the the first printing calculator sold?
• ... that musician-activist Woody Guthrie makes a cameo appearance in the American period comedy-drama biographical film Woody Nights?