Book, Goodrich's Lightning Calculator The Art of Computation
date: label: date made
content: 1873
name: label: maker
content: Goodrich, David White
notes: label: Description
content: This small book has a red cover with gold lettering. It has the full title <I>The Art of Computation Designed to Teach Practical Methods of Reckoning with Accuracy and Rapidity</I>, The title page also describes Goodrich as "late lightning calculator, Erie Railway." The 1873 publisher is listed as D. W. Goodrich & Company of 443 and 445 Broadway. The volume describes methods of calculation, with particular emphasis on business applications. Inside the back cover is a "Comprehensive Calendar" giving Julian and Gregorian, adjustable from A.D. 1 to 3600. Bibliographical sources indicate that further editions of the book appeared in New York later in the 1870s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Education
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of. Howard S. Pellatt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.328415
label: accession number
content: 272524
label: catalog number
content: 328415
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 cm x 11.6 cm x 7.2 cm; 13/32 in x 4 9/16 in x 2 27/32 in