TIM Calculating Machine Component
TIM Calculating Machine Component
- Description
- 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 black and silver-colored metal component consists of eight number wheels on a frame. Each wheel is moved by moving a lever and spring mechanism. Underneath seven of the wheels is a metal cylinder, with all cylinders protruding from a common shaft.
- Compare to 321541.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- maker
- Ludwig Spitz & Co.
- Physical Description
- ferrous metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6.5 cm x 37.3 cm x 7.4 cm; 2 9/16 in x 14 11/16 in x 2 29/32 in
- ID Number
- 1983.3003.004
- nonaccession number
- 1983.3003
- catalog number
- 1983.3003.004
- Credit Line
- Gift of L. Leland Locke
- subject
- Mathematics
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Calculating Machines
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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