Controller Calculating Machine Components
name: label: maker
content: Controller Company
notes: label: Description
content: These objects were collected by Brooklyn high school teacher and historian of mathematics L. Leland Locke. They are five banks for an adding machine. The metal frame of each bank contains nine key stems with white plastic keys, a numeral wheel at the top of the keys, and related mechanisms. The metal strip below the keys is painted green. The key stems are held in place with a string.
label: Description
content: Compare to 1983.3003.08 and 1983.30033.09. See also 311948.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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: 1983.3003.040
label: nonaccession number
content: 1983.3003
label: catalog number
content: 1983.3003.040
objectType: label: Object Name
content: calculating machine components
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 cm x 2.5 cm x 20 cm; 2 3/4 in x 31/32 in x 7 7/8 in