Collins 823 Handheld Electronic Calculator
notes: label: Description
content: This handheld electronic calculator has a tan plastic case with rectangular brown plastic buttons. In addition to ten digit keys, it has a decimal point key, a percentage key, four arithmetic function keys, a squared key, a square root key, and an inverse key. The top row of keys includes the on/off switch, clear key, clear entry key, and a memory key. Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit light-emitting diode display. A mark above this reads: Collins (/) 823. An outlet for an adapter is on the left side.
label: Description
content: The back of the calculator has a battery compartment with cover and printed operating instructions. There are four metal screws holding the back and front of the case together, but one of them is stuck.
label: Description
content: No records of a calculator manufacturer by the name of Collins found as yet. The trademark of Collins Radio Company is different from the mark on the calculator.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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: 1986.0988.266
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.266
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; display; keys material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (circuitry material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 2 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 6.985 cm x 13.97 cm