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Beautiful innards of mechanical adding machines

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Who would’ve thought that something mundane could be so beautifully complex inside? Here’s Kevin Twomey dissecting and photographing the insides of mechanical adding machines, revealing their gorgeous innards of gears, springs, and other mechanical components.
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