Calculating Machine Component
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. It consists of five shaped flat steel pieces, with four numeral wheels and related mechanisms between them.
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: 1983.3003.055
label: nonaccession number
content: 1983.3003
label: catalog number
content: 1983.3003.055
objectType: label: Object Name
content: calculating machine component
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 cm x 9.8 cm x 23 cm; 1/32 in x 3 27/32 in x 9 1/16 in