Lasico 1282 C Planimeter / Digitizer
date: label: date made
content: 1996
name: label: maker
content: Los Angeles Scientific Instrument Company
notes: label: Description
content: This computing device measures the length of lines, both straight and curved, as well as the area enclosed by curves. It shows the results on a digital readout to a scale set by the user. It also computes the sum of both lengths and areas, and the difference between a larger area or length and a smaller one, again showing a digital result.
label: Description
content: The metal base rolls on two metal wheels and connects to a metal arm with cursor and handle. A cable that extends from the back of the base connects to a display panel, a keypad, and a power adapter. A short black arm stored at the front of the case connects to the back of the base and serves as a guide for the cable.
label: Description
content: Three sets of sheets were received with the object. One is entitled: BRIEF INSTRUCTIONS. The second is entitled: INSTRUCTION SUPPLEMENT FOR LASICO MODEL 1282C. The third is entitled: SERIES 1282 PLANIMETER / DIGITIZER.
label: Description
content: The donor, Maximilian Berktold (b. 1929), immigrated from Kempten-Allgäu, West Germany, in 1950 and almost immediately began working for the Los Angeles Scientific Instrument Company. He oversaw design and production of the firm's planimeters, integrators, pantographs, and various optical instruments until Lasico closed in 2008. According to Berktold, he built the planimeter/digitizer in 1996. It sold for a list price of $1425.00, with additional shipping costs of $47.10. The donation was made in 2016.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Planimeters
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Maximilian Berktold
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0064.01
label: accession number
content: 2016.0064
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0064.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: planimeter / digitizer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (base, arm, cable guide material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (window, lining, circuit boards, keys material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (instructions material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 cm x 44 cm x 40 cm; 4 23/32 in x 17 5/16 in x 15 3/4 in