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- OBJECT TYPE
- MECHANICAL/12 FIGURE
- DATE
- 1883
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0911.001
- MANUFACTURER
- TATE
- MODEL
- ARITHMOMETER
- LOCATION
- England
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General Information
- Serial #
- 1347
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- MAHOGANY CASE WITH BRASS HARDWARE, HANDLES, & CORNER BRACING/ BRASS CHASSIS/ BRASS & STEEL MECHANISM WITH WOOD KNOBS ON CRANKS & HANDLES.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 50.0 cm
- Width
- 19.5 cm
- Height
- 15.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Mathematics
- Category
- Calculating devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- TATE
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1880'S TO PROBABLY EARLY 1900'S. RECEIVED BY DONOR C. 1964.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
A MECHANICAL CALCULATOR CAPABLE OF PERFORMING ADDITION, SUBTRACTION, MULTIPLICATION & DIVISION. - Technical
-
TATE'S ARITHOMETER WAS A COMMERCIALLY MADE CALCULATOR SIMILAR TO THOMAS DE COLMAR'S ARITHOMETRE, WHICH WAS DEVELOPED IN FRANCE IN THE 1820'S. THE LATTER WAS BASED UPON THE STEPPED DRUM MECHANISM INVENTED BY LEIBNITZ OF GERMANY IN THE 1670'S. ARITHOMETERS REMAINED IN PRODUCTION UNTIL ABOUT 1914 (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISEDLETTERING ON CHASSIS READS 'TATE'S ARITHOMETER/ C. & E. LAYTON/ LONDON'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- VARNISHED BROWN WOOD CASE/ BRASS COLOURED PARTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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TATE, Calculator, after 1883, Artifact no. 1978.0911, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0911.001/
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