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Rescher, 84, rescued the plan for the machine several years ago from the archival papers of 17th-century German mathematician G.W. Leibniz, an international diplomat and scholar credited with inventing several branches of mathematics and founding academies across Europe.
Leibnizs plan, prepared for Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I in 1688, was never executed. Although an active espionage trade spanning Europe at the time revolved around secret codes, Rescher said, documents suggest Leopold had no interest in the machine
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