Paperweight, The Charles Babbage Institute
notes: label: Description
content: During the Middle Ages, metal coin-like discs called jetons were use in counting boards. They represent early digital computing. This lucite paperweight encloses a jeton. It is inscribed "The Charles Babbage Institute: A Foundation Dedicated to the History of the Information Sciences.” The object publicizes the Charles Babbage Institute, an archive at the University of Minnesota dedicated to preserving the history of computing.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.3167.04
label: catalog number
content: 2015.3167.04
label: nonaccession number
content: 2015.3167
objectType: label: Object Name
content: paperweight
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (paperweight material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (jeton material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (box material)
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content: fabric (felt material)
label: Measurements
content: paperweight: 1 in x 2 7/8 in; 2.54 cm x 7.3025 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 3.175 cm x 9.525 cm x 9.525 cm