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Hanrahan<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-08-21T11:54:35-04:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hlflegal.com\/?p=1566\">This Day in Patent History: William S. Burroughs and the Calculating Machine<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hlflegal.com\/?author=1\" rel=\"author\">Benjamin M. Hanrahan<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-08-21T11:54:35-04:00<\/span><span>August 21st, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>August 21, 1888 marked an important day in the history of mechanical calculation. 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