Pamphlet, From Abacus to Monroe
Pamphlet, From Abacus to Monroe
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- Description
- This illustrated pamphlet describes the development of computing devices from the abacus (attibuted to the Babyloniand and Egyptians) to the calculating machines of Baldwin and Monroe.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Pamphlet
- place made
- United States: New Jersey, Orange
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14.3 cm x 20.4 cm; 5 5/8 in x 8 1/32 in
- ID Number
- 1979.3074.20
- catalog number
- 1979.3074.20
- nonaccession number
- 1979.3074
- Credit Line
- Gift of Oscar W. Richards
- subject
- Mathematics
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- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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