The system remained in France until 1799 but in Britain a system with similar multiples lasted until 1971. Pascal had to solve much harder technical problems to work with this division of the livre into 240 than he would have had if the division had been 100. However production of the machines started in 1642 but, as Adamson writes in,
Ang sistema ay nanatili sa France hanggang 1799 ngunit sa Britain ng isang sistema na may katulad na multiples lasted hanggang 1971. Pascal had upang malutas ang maraming mahirap teknikal na problema sa trabaho na ito sa dibisyon ng livre sa 240 kaysa sa siya ay nagkaroon na kung ang dibisyon had been 100. Subalit produksyon ng machine na nagsimula sa 1642 ngunit, tulad ng Adamson magsusulat sa,