Subject areaArtificial intelligence
Also known asTriumphator calculator
Triumphator is the brand of mechanical calculators built by Triumphator Rechenmaschinenfabrik of Leipzig, Germany.
The company was founded in 1900 as Leipziger Röhrenwerke, moved production to Leipzig in 1904 and to Molkau in 1920, and built calculators until around 1965.
Its machines are pinwheel calculators on the system of Willgodt Theophil Odhner, finished in black. The name also covers the individual numbered models: types VII and VIII belong to the heavy series, produced roughly between 1907 and 1920. Triumphator is one of the German makers that, alongside Brunsviga of Braunschweig, spread mechanical technologies of intelligence through European offices.
Source: Rechnerlexikon e rechenmaschinen-illustrated.com, pagina Triumphator VII, citati nella scheda tecnica del modello aggiornata al 09/08/2026.
An example
The case below is constructed, because the term does not yet appear in the articles. A chemicals wholesaler in Leipzig in the 1910s buys its calculators from a maker in the same city: proximity shortens delivery and repair times, and the machine becomes the everyday tool of the invoicing office.
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