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Blaise Pascal
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was born in Clermont France on June 19, 1623, and died in Paris on
Aug. 19, 1662. His father, a local judge at Clermont, and also a man with a
scientific reputation, moved the family to Paris in 1631, partly to presue his
own scientific studies, partly to carry on the education of h .... Middle of Paper .... which Pascal read and soon mastered. At the young age of
fourteen he was admitted to the weekly meetings of Roberval, Mersenne, Mydorge,
and other French geometricians. At the age of sixteen he wrote an essay on conic
sections; and in 1641 at the age of 18 he construced the first arithmetical
machine, an instrument with metal dials on the front on which the numbers were
entered. Once the entries had been completed the answer would be displayed in
small windows on the top of the device. This device was improved eight years
later. His corresp ....
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