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Mental calculators

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  • Jedediah Buxton, a mental calculator. Etching after Mary Hartley.
  • Zerah Colburn, a mental calculator, as a child. Stipple engraving by H. Meyer, 1813, after T.H. Hull.
  • Jedediah Buxton, a mental calculator. Etching by Mary Hartley, 1764.
  • Jane Shore (mistress of King Edward IV), Henry Hastings (Dorset landowner and sportsman), Jedediah Buxton (mental calculator), and Mary Davis (with horns). Etching, 1808.
  • George Bidder, a mental calculator, aged twelve. Line engraving by S. Springsguth, 1818.
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    Jedediah Buxton, a mental calculator. Line engraving.

    | Reference: 206i
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    Master Noakes, a mental calculator. Lithograph by A. Mosses, 1827.

    Mosses, Alexander, 1793-1837. | Date: Sepr 20th 1827 | Reference: 586503i
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    Jedediah Buxton, a mental calculator. Etching by Mary Hartley, 1764.

    Hartley, Mary. | Reference: 207i
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    Jane Shore (mistress of King Edward IV), Henry Hastings (Dorset landowner and sportsman), Jedediah Buxton (mental calculator), and Mary Davis (with horns). Etching, 1808.

    | Date: 1 June 1808 | Reference: 2350i
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    Jedediah Buxton, a mental calculator. Etching after Mary Hartley.

    Hartley, Mary. | Reference: 208i
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