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Wizard Calculating Machine

American History Museum

Wizard Calculating Machine, Front View
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Object Details

distributor

Thoresen, Inc.

Description

This notched band adder has nine bands, eight bracket-shaped columns, and nine display windows. It has a black plastic back, a metal cover plate, and a metal stylus. A zeroing bar is across the top. The stylus fits on the side. There are two rows of numbers alongside the columns, one for addition and one for subtraction. There are no numbers along the extreme edges of the columns on either side. The machine was imported from West Germany.
Compare to 1980.0787.01 and 2013.0197.01.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of S.H. Oliver

date made

ca 1955

ID Number

MA.336448

accession number

1977.1159

catalog number

336448

Object Name

adder

Physical Description

metal (overall material)
plastic (overall material)

Measurements

overall: .8 cm x 8.2 cm x 14 cm; 5/16 in x 3 7/32 in x 5 1/2 in

place made

West Germany

place distributed

United States: New York, New York City

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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Adder
Science & Mathematics

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Mathematics

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-130b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_690265

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