"Computer" Pen with Multiplication Tables
date: label: date made
content: late 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: writing implements
label: Subject
content: Table, Mathematical
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Pens and Pencils
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content: Science & Mathematics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.3058.02
label: catalog number
content: 1993.3058.02
label: nonaccession number
content: 1993.3058
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pen with tables
label: Object Name
content: pen
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15.1 cm x 1.5 cm x 1.2 cm; 5 15/16 in x 19/32 in x 15/32 in