Sharp EL-345 Handheld Electronic Calculator
date: label: date made
content: 1983-1986
name: label: maker
content: Sharp Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This solar-powered handheld electronic calculator has a plastic case and an array of twenty-five rectangular plastic keys. These include ten digit keys, a decimal point key, a % key, four arithmetic function keys, a total key, a change sign key, a square root key, a clear entry key, and a clear key (the clear key is missing on this example). The top row of keys also includes four memory keys.
label: Description
content: Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit LCD display. Behind it is the solar panel. Text at the top of the front reads: SHARP (/) ELSI MATE EL-345 SOLAR CELL CALCULATOR. Text on the back of the calculator reads: EL-345 BM (/) SHARP CORPORATON MADE IN JAPAN (/) FABRIQUE AU JAPON (/) U.S. Pats. 3902169 & 3976994 (/) 3635.
label: Description
content: The calculator fits in a brown plastic wallet. A mark on the cover of the wallet reads: SHARP.
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content: References:
label: Description
content: [Advertisement], <I>Los Angeles Times</I>, October 12, 1983, p. Y10_X. Sharp EL-345 advertised as regularly priced at $9.95, on sale for $5.99.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>Washington Post</I>, September 17, 1985, p. D13. Sharp EL-345 advertised as selling for $5.95.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>The Montreal Gazette</I>, April 6, 1986, p. 21. Advertised as regularly priced at $9.99, on sale for $7.99 (Canadian dollars).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
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content: Handheld Electronic Calculators
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John B. Priser
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0988.137
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0988.137
label: accession number
content: 1986.0988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronic calculator
label: Other Terms
content: electronic calculator; Handheld
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case; keys; wallet material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (display material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (screw materil)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 2 in x 4 1/4 in; .9525 cm x 5.08 cm x 10.795 cm