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Abacus
"The abacus is still in use today by shopkeepers in Asia and "Chinatowns" in North America. (The photograph on the right was taken in a store in Beijing, China in September 1997, and shows a clerk using the abacus . Photo is courtesy Peter Wouda.)"
Source: Luis Fernandes, "The Abacus, the Art of Calculating with Beads"

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