Dorr Felt’s Comptometer | |
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Origin |
Dorr Felt |
Type |
Comptometer |
Effects |
Can calculate large arithmetic problems and financial sums |
Downsides |
Is not able to process higher level math activities |
Activation |
Typing |
Collected by |
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Section |
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Aisle |
710065-2419 |
Shelf |
67169-3726-471 |
Date of Collection |
March 25, 1959 |
[Source] |
Origin[]
Dorr Felt was an inventor who invented the Comptometer an early computing device predating the modern digital calculator. His first prototype was made from a macaroni box, skewers, staples and rubber bands.
Effects[]
Any combination of buttons can be pressed to activate the artifact. When in use, it can figure out the solution to large arithmetic and financial problems with ease. However, higher math such as geometry and calculus, are beyond the comptometer’s scope.