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Curta Calculator


Title	Curta Calculator
Coverage / Year	1948 to 1970
Description	Curta calculators were designed by Austrian, Curt Herzstark. They were only manufactured from 1948 through 1970. When new pocket calculators appeared in the seventies, Curta went out of business. Only two models were made. Model I gave 11 digit results and Model II gave 15 digit results.
Lesson Plans / Themes	Using a Calculator;
Learning Standards	16 History; 10-12 Science; 13 Science, Technology and Society;
Author or Creator	Herzstark, Curt, d. 1988
Source	Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
Subject / Keywords	Calculators; Mathematics; Mechanical tools
Collection Publisher	Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
Further Information	For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project.
Rights Management Statement	http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm
Resource Identifier	calculat
CONTENTdm file name	29622151982002_CALCULAT.jpg