Math Matic 915 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1976
name: label: maker
content: Macmillan Company
notes: label: Description
content: This handheld electronic calculator has a black plastic case and sixteen oval plastic keys. In addition to an array of ten digit keys and a decimal point key, it has a clear key, four function keys, and a total key, The on/off switch is to the left of the clear key. A sticker between them reads: 915. Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit red LED display.
label: Description
content: The back of the calculator has a battery compartment at the bottom. A sticker on the compartment door reads: BATTERY DOOR (/) PRESS HERE (/) MFG. BY (/) MATH MATIC (/) HAMDEN, CONN. (/) 06518 (/) 85939 (/) MADE IN U.S.A. A jack for a power adapter is just above the center of the back.
label: Description
content: The calculator has a black plastic carrying pouch.
label: Description
content: A December 1976, newspaper column reports that a consumer purchased two Math Matic 915 calculators in May of that year.
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content: Reference:
label: Description
content: “Helpmate,” <I>Hammond Times</I>, December 17, 1976, p. 41.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Hamden
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
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content: Handheld Electronic Calculators
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John B. Priser
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0988.255
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.255
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; keys; display cover; carrying pouch material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (circuitry material)
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content: paper (stickers material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 2 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 6.35 cm x 11.43 cm