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Curta mechanical calculator, an unusual device for engineering calculations, circa 1945.
This object is on display in Boeing Aviation Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.
Liechtenstein
EQUIPMENT-Scientific Devices
Contina AG Mauren
Black, cylindrical, hand-cranked mechanical calculator
3-D (Assembled in original case): 12.7 x 5.7cm (5 x 2 1/4 in.)
Aluminum
A20070038000
Gift Of Maurice J. Zubkoff Family.
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