General Information

Serial #

3240

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

NON-FERROUS METAL CASE, CASING, WORKING PARTS/ RUBBER PROTECTOR INSIDE CASE/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ PAPER LABEL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

N/A

Width

6.2 cm

Height

11.7 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

Curta

Country

Liechtenstein

State/Province

Unknown

City

Mauren

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1940S - 1960S?

Canada

EUROPEAN MADE CALCULATOR USED BY GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADIAN DEPT. OF ENERGY, MINES, & RESOURCES.

Function

MECHANICAL CALCULATING DEVICE USED TO PERFORM ADDITION, SUBTRACTION, MULTIPLICATION, & DIVISION.

Technical

CURTA WAS LAST OF STEPPED-DRUM CALCULATORS OF TYPE DEVELOPED BY LIEPNITZ IN 1674. IT WAS DESIGNED BY AUSTRIAN CURT HERZSTARK (1902-1988) DURING WWII & WAS ONLY MULTIPLYING MECHANICAL CALCULATOR PRODUCED. BUILT WITH PRECISION OF FINE WATCH, IT TOOKADVANTAGE OF MID-20TH CENTURY TECHNOLOGY WHICH ALLOWED ITS SMALL SIZE & WEIGHT. BY EARLY 1970S, CURTA HAD BEEN SUPERCEDED BY ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

WHITE LETTERING ON CALCULATOR READS '"CURTA"/ SYSTEM CURT HERZSTARK' & 'Made in Liechtenstein/ by Contina AG Mauren'/ INCISED 'NO 3240'/ METALLIC REGISTER NUMBERS/ LABEL ON COVER INTERIOR READS 'FOR FAST SERVICE - CALL CURTA Calculators of Canada Ltd./ 1871 DAVENPORT ROAD/ TORONTO 9, ONTARIO/ TELEPHONE: ROGER 6-6184'/ INDENTED WHITE LETTERING ON COVER EXTERIOR READS 'Universal-Rechenmaschine/ "CURTA"/ System Curt Herzstark'/ HAND SCRATCHED 'TOPO' ON CASE BOTTOM & TOP

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED METAL/ BLACK SYNTHETIC/ WHITE RUBBER/ WHITE PAPER

Decoration

CONTINA LOGO ON CALCULATOR BASE