Title
A Leibniz Stepped Reckoner calculator
Catalog Number
102630768
Type
Still Image
Description
Black and white. Gottfried Von Leibniz (1671-1694) calculator. Two crank handles, looks like wood, one is located on the left and the other in front/center. Next to front/center handle is an engraved plate (in German, hard to read). Located on the left corner of the calculator is an engraved number "56956". Center of image, above the center handle, is a line of switches. Machine looks metalic.
Verso purple stamp: " Wiederaabe nur mit dem Vermerk: Photo Deutches Museum Munchen Bildnummer: 72.3g"
Date
1600 ca.
Participants
|
Deutsches Museum, Munch, Germany
|
Identifying Numbers
| Other number |
72.3g |
Part of Purple stamp in ink. |
| Other number |
P117 |
Verso pencil |
Dimensions
6-3/4 x 9 in.
Format
Photographic print
Copyright Holder
Unknown
Category
Publicity photograph
Subject
Mechanical calculation; Stepped drum; 1673
