Printing & Information Machines
Curta calculator
The Curta packs a mechanical calculating mechanism into a small hand-held cylinder. Sliders set numbers and a crank drives arithmetic operations through a compact stepped-drum arrangement.
About this artifact
The Curta packs a mechanical calculating mechanism into a small hand-held cylinder. Sliders set numbers and a crank drives arithmetic operations through a compact stepped-drum arrangement.
Sources & image credits
Historical photograph, illustration or documented physical example; the source caption identifies the depicted object.
Image: Curta_-_National_Museum_of_Computing.jpg
Creator: Own work
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
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