Canon LX-30 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1983
name: label: maker
content: Canon, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This slim handheld electronic calculator has a cream-colored plastic case and gray synthetic rubber keys. In addition to an array of ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a percentage key, four arithmetic function keys, and a total key; it has an on/clear key, a clear indicator key, four memory keys, an off key, and a square root key. A mark behind the keyboard reads: Canon LX-30 (/) ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR. Behind this mark is an eight-digit liquid crystal display.
label: Description
content: The back slips off to reveal a flat circuit plate and a space for two squat 1.5 volt batteries.
label: Description
content: A stamp on the back reads: Canon LX-30 (/) BM D.C.3V – 0.28mW (/) CANON INC. (/) USE BATTERY 1.5Vx2 (/) JAPAN.
label: Description
content: The calculator fits in a silver-colored plastic sleeve. A mark on the front and the back of the sleeve reads: Canon. This example has no instructions.
label: Description
content: Several web sites give a date of 1982 to1984 for this model.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: See the Datamath.org website.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
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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: 1986.0988.031
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.031
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
label: Other Terms
content: electronic calculator; Handheld
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; keys; display cover; sleeve material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (circuitry material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 3 in x 4 3/4 in; 1.27 cm x 7.62 cm x 12.065 cm