TIM Calculating Machine Component
name: label: maker
content: Ludwig Spitz & 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. The black and silver-colored metal component consists of eight number wheels on a frame. Each wheel is moved by moving a lever and spring mechanism. Underneath seven of the wheels is a metal cylinder, with all cylinders protruding from a common shaft.
label: Description
content: Compare to 321541.
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: 1983.3003.004
label: nonaccession number
content: 1983.3003
label: catalog number
content: 1983.3003.004
objectType: label: Object Name
content: calculating machine component
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ferrous metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6.5 cm x 37.3 cm x 7.4 cm; 2 9/16 in x 14 11/16 in x 2 29/32 in