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What kinds of calculators were used before electronics?

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they used people fudging each other and how many times they would hump each other before getting tired...by El ReY A slide rule was commonly used in schools and industry. Chinese also had a basic slide beans up or down to compute

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Well, in greek times, grecian scholars used the Abacus which used beads to keep track of numbers. Other societies used number charts similar to multiplication tables.

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Slide rule, Log Tables, Paper and pencil, Ready reckoners.

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