Electromechanical Computer Component, ASSC Mark I
date: label: Date made
content: 1944
name: label: maker
content: IBM
label: maker
content: Harvard University
notes: label: Description
content: This is a component of the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC), known otherwise as the Harvard Mark I. The electromechanical assembly contains a commutator with two plastic pieces, numbered around a circular opening to denote contacts. The numbers are the integers from 0 to 9. In addition the object includes a gear, contacts, a clutch and brushes.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge, Harvard University
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Computers & Business Machines
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of President and Fellows of Harvard University
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.324287
label: accession number
content: 248831
label: catalog number
content: 324287
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Computer Component
label: Object Name
content: Electromechanical Computer Component
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.9 cm x 7.5 cm x 8 cm; 1 1/8 in x 2 15/16 in x 3 1/8 in