Accession No

2094

Brief Description

calculator by the Deutsche Rechenmaschinenwerke, c.1950

Origin

Leipzig; Germany

Maker

Deutsche Rechenmaschinenwerke

Class

calculating

Earliest Date

1950

Latest Date

1950

Inscription Date

Material

metal (at least three types); wood; plastic (at least two types); cloth

Dimensions

length 370mm; breadth 300mm; height 165mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Donated by Grace Masters c/o A.F. Hoffler, England, 28/8/1975

Inscription

‘DEUTSCHE
RECHENMASCHINENWERKE A.G. LEIPZIG
TYPE A2’ (plate on back)
‘KUHRT.
Deutsche Rechenmaschinenwerke
Leipzig
Wales Adding Machine Company
Schaffhouse’ (front plate)

Description Notes

Black-painted metal casing. Main front of machine carries array of eight columns of keys running from 1 to 9. Numbers entered on the main array are registered in a the dial set immediately above them. The numbers are transferred to the carriage dials by a handle at the right edge of the front of the machine, and are zeroed by a plastic-handled lever to the right of the display. A carriage is set above the main machine and carries two further displays or ‘dials’, one of 8 digits and one of 13 digits. These displays are zeroed by handles at the right of the instrument. Decimal points are marked by sliding indices below the dials.
Cloth dust cover in poor condition.

Condition fair (wooden handle has come off one of the crank handles); complete.

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