Translation of: Avis nécessaire à ceux qui auront curiosité de voir la Machine d'Arithmétique et de s'en servir. Extracted from: Smith, David Eugene, compiler. A source book in mathematics. New York : ...

Introduction -- Carrying tens : Pascal, Morland, and the challenge of machine calculation -- First carry ; Babbage and Clement mechanize table making -- Artisans and their philosophers : Leibniz and ...