The Leibniz wheel is an early mechanical device designed for performing arithmetic operations, specifically multiplication and division. It was invented by the German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in the late 17th century. The device consists of a series of rotating wheels or gears, each marked with numerical values. As one wheel turns, it interacts with adjacent wheels through a system of gears or pins that perform calculations by carrying over values, much like how we carry over in long multiplication or division.
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