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He is known as a computer pioneer for inventing a machine the size of a sewing machine, that could print logarithmic tables in 1875. The tables were subsequently published in English, French and German. The device was investigated by the French academy of science which also wrote an extensive report on it. The device was inspired by the similar work done by Per Georg Scheutz and has similarities with Charles Babbage's difference engine. (Scheutz machine was based on the difference engine.) The device is preserved at Tekniska muséet (The Technical Museum) of SwedenThe Kingdom of Sweden Konungariket Sverige in Swedish) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak and the Kattegat on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf in StockholmStockholm ['stɔkhɔlm, ˘stɔkhɔlm] is the capital and the largest City of Sweden. The City of Stockholm is administratively a municipality within Stockholm County, the population of the city proper is 761,721 (2004), with.

Apart from this invention, Wiberg invented numerous other devices and gadgets, among these a separatorA separator is a device that separates two things from each other, e. oil and water, milk and cream. and a pulse jet engineA pulse jet engine is a very simple form of aircraft engine wherein the combustion occurs in pulses. It falls somewhere in between true jets on the one hand and rockets on the other. A pulse jet is comprised of a one-way air inlet valve, a combustion cham. None these were commercially successful.

See also

• Difference engine
• Per Georg Scheutz

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