Adding machine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- portable
- DATE
- 1923
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2009.0339.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Calcus Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 228
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Ferrous metal casing and wheels/ Felt backing
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 39.1 cm
- Width
- 8.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Mathematics
- Category
- Calculating devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Calcus
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1920s
- Canada
-
An unusual and rare calculator made in Canada. - Function
-
A device used for adding calculations. - Technical
-
A portable, small adding calculator with 8 digits. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Indented gold lettering on top reads 'CALCUS COMPANY, LIMITED/ TORONTO, ONT. PATENTED'/ Indented lettering on underside reads '228'
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Casing painted black/ Gold coloured, plated and black wheels/ Green padding
- Decoration
- N/A
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Calcus Co. Ltd., Adding machine, 1923, Artifact no. 2009.0339, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2009.0339.001/
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