5 Amazing Innovations and Discoveries of Blaise Pascal | Inventions and Machines - Interesting Engineering

John Loeffler, writer and programmer living in New York City inform, Blaise Pascal, the 17th-century mathematician, inventor, and theologian was the very definition of a polymath as these incredible inventions and discoveries demonstrate.

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Few figures in mathematics, science, or philosophy enjoy as high a reputation as Blaise Pascal, but the list of Blaise Pascal’s inventions and contributions to an incredible diversity of disciplines more than justifies the praise he has received, even in his own time. Pascal’s legacy extends to everything from mechanical calculators to the hydraulic press, and much of his handiwork is either still in practical use today or provided the basis for further advancements in the centuries since.
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