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- OBJECT TYPE
- HAND/SURVEYING
- DATE
- 1950–1965
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1974.0150.001
- MANUFACTURER
- ORIGINAL-ODHNER AB
- MODEL
- 20
- LOCATION
- Gothenburg, Sweden
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 125-777461
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- metal, synthetic and possibly rubber
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 35.6 cm
- Width
- 16.0 cm
- Height
- 12.7 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
- ODHNER
- Country
- Sweden
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Gothenburg
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
A machine used to perform calculations. - Technical
-
Note: the date of 1918 is suspect given the finish of this calculator. See http://web.archive.org/web/20071102172712/http://mywebpages.comcast.net/wtodhner/calcs.html for more information. The date range is more likely 1950s-1960s. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's plate reads "ORIGINAL ODHNER/ GOTEBORG SVERIGE" and another plate reads "Proudly sold and Serviced/ OTTAWA TYPEWRITER CO. LTD./ Our Fiftieth Year". Print on back of calculator "MADE IN SWEDEN". Engraved print on bottom is probably the serial number "125-777461".
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Calculator is grey metal with black print and black synthetic handles and black rubber? feet.
- Decoration
- N/A
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ORIGINAL-ODHNER AB, Calculator, after 1950–1965, Artifact no. 1974.0150, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1974.0150.001/
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