Grant Calculating Machine Component
name: label: maker
content: George B. Grant
notes: label: Description
content: This object was collected by Brooklyn high school teacher and historian of mathematics L. Leland Locke and held by the Museums of the Peaceful Arts in New York City before coming to the Smithsonian. Nine cylinders are mounted on a common shaft. Each of the first four cylinders has a lever and a spring-activated device attached to it. On the fourth cylinder, there is a linkage to a fifth cylinder. The fifth cylinder has only a spring-activated device attached to it. The sixth through ninth cylinders have two such devices each, at varying separations. There are levers to the left of each cylinder.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Calculating Machines
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of L. Leland Locke
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.3003.011
label: nonaccession number
content: 1983.3003
label: catalog number
content: 1983.3003.011
objectType: label: Object Name
content: calculating machine component
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 cm x 26 cm x 8 cm; 3 5/32 in x 10 1/4 in x 3 5/32 in