Texas Instruments model TI-1795 solar powered calculator
date: label: date made
content: ca 1982
name: label: maker
content: Texas Instruments
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A small desktop calculator with basic math functions and one memory, powered by a solar cell. C-0287A. "Assembled in Taiwan".
label: Description (Brief)
content: The introduction of integrated circuits in the 1960s enabled a revolution in small calculating devices. Most consumers quickly adopted these pocket calculators, replacing cumbersome slide-rules. At the same time, photovoltaic solar cells became widely available and many manufacturers began integrating those into their devices to provide electrical power. As prices for both calculators and solar cells dropped, the merger of the two resulted in the introduction of inexpensive solar-powered calculators such as this unit, made by Texas Instruments.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2022.0278.24
label: accession number
content: 2022.0278
label: catalog number
content: 2022.0278.24
objectType: label: Object Name
content: calculator
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in x 4 3/4 in; 3.175 cm x 10.795 cm x 12.065 cm