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1995	We acquired this object.
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Arithrometer Calculator

This is a calculator. It was manufactured by Charles & Edwin Layton. It is dated ca. 1890 and we acquired it in 1995. Its medium is brass, wood. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by New York Life Insurance Co.. It is credited Gift of New York Life Insurance Company.

Calculator in a dark green metal housing with rectangular lower part and two-tier cylindrical upper part. Silver metal crank with white knob extends from the right. Front has a row of small pierced rectangles with numbers visible within. Engraved above each rectangle in gold are the numbers eight to one and thirteen to one in descending order. Above these numbers is a horizontal silver metal bar with three off white pinched knobs. Silver levers with squared white plastic knobs on left and right. Half circle cut out in front center with black plastic insert. Extending from top of insert, two short curved levers with white plastic knobs on either side of a central metal semicircle on post. At left on central cylindrical area, a short horizontal slit with a curved metal lever with a pierced circle below. To the right, engraved in gold the word Schubert over an oval. Continuing right, ten columns with the numbers one through nine in ascending order next to a vertical groove. Top rounded area also includes a row of small pierced rectangles with numbers visible within. Engraved above each rectangle in white are the numbers ten to one in descending order. Above these numbers is a short horizontal silver metal bar with two off white pinched knobs. Housing sits on a thick green metal base with circular feet. Small silver screws attach the various pieces of the housing together at edges.

DRV Pinwheel Calculator
enameled metal, molded plastic.
Gift of Barry Friedman and Patricia Pastor.
1986-99-22

Its dimensions are

Overall: 18 x 60.5 x 20.2 cm (7 1/16 x 23 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Arithrometer Calculator; Manufactured by Charles & Edwin Layton; England; brass, wood; Overall: 18 x 60.5 x 20.2 cm (7 1/16 x 23 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.); Gift of New York Life Insurance Company; 1995-137-1

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DA1P/
Accession Number 1995-137-1
Object ID 18650063