Controller Calculating Machine Component
name: label: maker
content: Controller Company
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 metal frame of this object contains seven key stems with white plastic keys, a numeral wheel at the top of the keys, and related mechanisms. The metal strip below the keys is painted green. Key stems tied in place with string. Compare to 1983.3003.09, 1983.3003.40, and 311948.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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: 1983.3003.009
label: nonaccession number
content: 1983.3003
label: catalog number
content: 1983.3003.009
objectType: label: Object Name
content: calculating machine component
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.8 cm x 2.5 cm x 20 cm; 3 1/16 in x 31/32 in x 7 7/8 in