Calculator replica
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MECHANICAL/PASCAL
- DATE
- 1978
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0568.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Guatell, Roberto A.R.
- MODEL
- Pascal Calculator
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS MECHANISM; BRASS CASE WITH WOOD BASE; WOOD MOULDINGS AROUND TOP & BOTTOM AND WOOD FEET; BRASS STYLUS; COPPER COAT-OF-ARMS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 36.5 cm
- Width
- 13.2 cm
- Height
- 9.5 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
- Guatell
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- REPRODUCTION- UNUSED
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
A REPRODUCTION OF THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL MECHANICAL CALCULATOR, CONSTRUCTED BY BLAISE PASCAL IN THE 17TH C. IT WAS COMPLETED IN 1642. THE PRIMARY CONCEPTION WHICH THIS MACHINE INTRODUCED WAS THE MECHANIZATION OF THE CARRY. IT ADDS & SUBSTRACTS DIRECTLY, BUT MULTIPLICATION & DIVISION ARE ACCOMPLISHED BY REPEATED ADDITIONS & SUBTRACTIONS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- LETTERING BLACK ON WHITE, IN SCRIPT; PASCAL COAT-OF-ARMS ON FRONT OF CASE
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- BRASS CASE LACQUERED/ MOULDINGS PAINTED BLACK/ WOOD BASE STAINED; BASE HAS HINGED DOOR FOR ACCESS TO MECHANISM
- Decoration
- N/A
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Guatell, Roberto A.R., Calculator replica, circa 1978, Artifact no. 1979.0568, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1979.0568.001/
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