Pope Sylvester II and his mechanical computer

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Pope Sylvester II, a man possessed of fantastic learning, is reputed to have built a mechanical computer in the Vatican in 999. It had a golden bull's head which nodded yes and no in answer to problems posed to it. Scan of small original which has been digitally enhanced to permit repro at larger size.

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