Oscar II

For a machine built for a lifetime of use, the approach makes a lot of sense, and is part of why we like it over more feature-rich machines in this price range like the Ascaso Dream or Nuovo Simonelli Oscar II.

After examining the internals, it does appear the Oscar II is very well-put-together, but there was more plastic on the machine than we anticipated.

Famed mathematician Henri Poincaré showed in 1889 that no equation could accurately predict the positions of all three bodies at all future moments, winning a competition sponsored by King Oscar II of Sweden.

In 1889, he received the King Oscar II Prize for research into the stability of the solar system.

King Oscar II did not attend the first ceremony, in 1901; since then, the reigning monarch has presented the Swedish Nobels.