Brunsviga Calculating Machine Component
name: label: maker
content: Grimme, Natalis & Co.
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. A shaft rests in a frame. It carries a set of thirteen numeral wheels and a set of eight smaller numeral wheels. The digits on the first set of wheels are white, those on the second set white and red. Wing nuts for zeroing are at each end, a bell is on the left, and a lever is in front.
label: Description
content: Compare 313426.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: 1983.3003.014
label: nonaccession number
content: 1983.3003
label: catalog number
content: 1983.3003.014
objectType: label: Object Name
content: calculating machine component
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6.5 cm x 29 cm x 8.8 cm; 2 9/16 in x 11 13/32 in x 3 15/32 in