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Blaise Pascal

  1. Search Engine: Lycos
  2. Search phrase: "Pascaline"
  3. Site found: The First Mechanical Calculator
  4. Comments: This was a easy search. This engine is both fast and the graphic lay out is easy to look at- nice use of frames.
  1. Search engine: Yahoo
  2. Search phrase: title: "pascal" Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians:Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662): Blaise, Pascal
  3. Site found: Blaise Pascal(1623-1662)
  4. Comments: I had to try several different searches before I found anything worthwhile. I finally had results but only after the search engine brought me through a number of different canals.
  1. Search Engine: Infoseek
  2. Search phrase: "Blaise, Pascal"
  3. Site found: Blaise Pascal
  4. Comments: This engine was easy to use.
  1. Search Engine: Alta Vista
  2. Search phrase: "Blaise, Pascal"
  3. Site found: Blaise Pascal
  4. Comments: The layout of this engine is clear and simple.
I found that over all the engines layout and instructions easy to use. The majority of the sites that the engines found were french sites written in French. Seeing as how Pascal was french, this is understandable; however, I found it to be annoying. Having a language preference option on the engines would be most useful.