{"id":3650,"date":"2013-03-27T15:24:31","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T14:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madas.ch\/?page_id=3650"},"modified":"2017-08-20T10:23:28","modified_gmt":"2017-08-20T08:23:28","slug":"history-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.madas.ch\/?page_id=3650","title":{"rendered":"History – Page 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"SigleFast-growing (1915-1935).<\/h1>\n

The Millionaire, point of departure of the firm Egli A.-G., was not, however, a small calculating machine, well-adjusted for office requirements. It was hardly transportable. A very simple model was 67 cm large and weighed 36 kg. More complex models, with electrical motor, were still much heavier. The most important model weighed 73 kg.<\/p>\n

So, in order to sell such a machine, marketing had to present solid arguments, for example speed.
\nAlso, it was said that for computing the arithmetic operation “(716 x 716) + (535 x 535)”, it took 8-9 seconds.<\/p>\n

It became obvious, however, from 1908, that a new kind of machine, smaller and lighter, was a necessity. A new design was made for a calculating machine, centred on stepped drums (see technical section), in 1911. The mechanism is in the general style of the Thomas Arithmometer, with extensions developed by German engineer Erwin Jahnz living in Zuerich. Production of this machine began in 1914, known as \u201cMADAS\u201d. This acronym means \u201cM<\/strong>ultiplication – A<\/strong>utomatic \u2013 D<\/strong>ivision \u2013 A<\/strong>ddition \u2013 S<\/strong>ubtraction\u201d. A certain number of models appeared between 1914 and 1922. These models were less heavy than the Millionaire, but still pretty large to be carried.

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Cover plate of a Madas VII Max<\/p><\/div>\n

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\nFrom 1922, the machines were constantly improved.<\/p>\n