Artifact Details

Title

Le Prompt Calculateur

Catalog Number

XB233.82

Type

Physical object

Description

A circular case containing thirty numbered insertable round nomograph-cards. On the plastic see-through lid of the case are inscribed two arrows, marked 'A' and 'B,' used in performing the calculation/conversion. Device has been photographed mounted on a plexiglass stand and with parts separated.

Date

ca. 1885

Manufacturer

A. M. Maurand, Paris

Place Manufactured

France

Identifying Numbers

Deprecated CHM identification number XB234.84

Dimensions

overall: 7/8 in x 4 in x 4 in

Category

Pre-computer/slide rule

Collection Title

Gwen Bell artifact and book collection

Series Title

Pre-computing artifacts

Credit

Gift of Gwen and C. Gordon Bell

Lot Number

X6288.2012