Object Details
Description
This 6" gray plastic ballpoint click pen has eleven round holes on the side that reveal a rotating multiplication table. The first hole shows a number between 1 and 10. The other holes show multiples of that number from 1 to 10. Clicking the pen rotates the table. The pen's metal pocket clip is marked: MOD (/) DEP (/) COMPUTER. This pen was found in the Museum collections in the 1980s.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
late 20th century
ID Number
1993.3058.02
catalog number
1993.3058.02
nonaccession number
1993.3058
Object Name
pen with tables
pen
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
metal (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 15.1 cm x 1.5 cm x 1.2 cm; 5 15/16 in x 19/32 in x 15/32 in
place made
United States
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Pens and Pencils
Science & Mathematics
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
writing implements
Table, Mathematical
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_904316