Millionaire Calculating Machine Component
name: label: maker
content: Hans W. Egli
notes: label: Description
content: This brass object was collected by Brooklyn high school teacher and historian of mathematics L. Leland Locke. It represents a nine by nine multiplication table. Seventeen shaped pieces are arranged in a row. The first represents multiples of 1, the second and third multiples of 2 (up to 2x9), the fourth and fifth multiples of 3 (up to 3x9), etc. Compare thes object to a piece on the left side of 317387.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Switzerland: Zürich, Zurich
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: 1983.3003.035
label: nonaccession number
content: 1983.3003
label: catalog number
content: 1983.3003.035
objectType: label: Object Name
content: calculating machine component
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.6 cm x 11.2 cm x 5 cm; 1 13/32 in x 4 13/32 in x 1 31/32 in