Abacist vs Algorismist by Gregor Reisch, Margarita philosophica, Strasbourg, 1504. This picture symbolises the struggle between the traditional ‘calculators’ who used pebbles and the abacus and the new ‘algorists’ who calculated using pen and paper.

Source: https://www.maa.org/book/export/html/863476

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