Christie’s, the British auction house, has halted the sale of the world's first calculator “La Pascaline” in Paris. The auction of the first calculating machine was scheduled for Wednesday, but the ...

In 1642, a teenage French scholar named Blaise Pascal invented what many regard as the world’s first mechanical calculator: the Pascaline. Almost four centuries later, one of these famous instruments ...

Art and luxury auction house Christie’s has withdrawn the world’s first calculating machine, designed by French mathematician Blaise Pascal in 1642. The decision was announced on Wednesday, after a ...

The sale of an ancient arithmetic machine known as the 'Pascaline' has been suspended after a French administrative court blocked its export. Leading auction house Christie's decided to call off its ...

A Paris court has halted the sale of one of the world's oldest known calculators, blocking its scheduled auction and export from France. The ebony-inlaid device, known as La Pascaline, was invented in ...

One of the world's first calculating machines will not go to auction as scheduled in France, after a Paris court provisionally blocked the historic item from being exported. Auction house Christie's ...