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Curta

The Curta is a hand-held mechanical calculator designed by Curt Herzstark. It is known for its extremely compact design: a small cylinder that fits in the palm of the hand. It was affectionately known as the "pepper grinder" or "peppermill" due to its shape and means of operation; its superficial resemblance to a certain type of hand grenade also earned…

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Cost
$125 (Type I) $165 (Type II)
Date invented
1930s
Discontinued
1972
Display size
6-digit revolution counter, 11-digit result counter (Type I) 8-digit revolution counter, 15-digit result counter (Type II)
Display type
Mechanical counter
Introduced
1948 (Type I) 1954 (Type II)

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Curta

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Curta

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related to External links · 31
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related to Further reading · 22
Curta → An Autobiography, Books, Calif, Curt, Curt Herzstark, CURTA Calculator, Demand, Erfinders, Führer, Herzstark, ISBN, Kein Geschenk, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Noderstedt, OCLC, Oughtred Society, Roseville, Schicksal
related to history · 10
Curta → Austria, By, Curt Herzstark, German, His, Nazis, The, The Curta, This, Vienna
related to Collections · 9
Curta → Enter Museum, In, Jerusalem, Peter Regenass, Solothurn, Switzerland, The Curta, The Swiss, Yad Vashem Museum
related to Cost · 8
Curta → Curtas, Many, Reassembling, The, The Curta Type, Type II, US, While
related to Design · 7
Curta → Charles Thomas's Arithmometer, Gottfried Leibniz's Stepped Reckoner, Multiplication, Numbers, Pulling, The, The Curta's
related to Models · 5
Curta → According, Serial, The, The Type, Type II Curta
related to Popular culture · 5
Curta → In, Marcus Wu, The Curta, The Curta's, William Gibson's Pattern Recognition
related to Uses · 4
Curta → Because, Even, The Curta, TSD
Cost · 1
Curta → $125 (Type I) $165 (Type II)

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CurtaCost$125 (Type I) $165 (Type II)1.00infobox
CurtaDate invented1930s1.00infobox
CurtaDiscontinued19721.00infobox
CurtaDisplay size6-digit revolution counter, 11-digit result counter (Type I) 8-digit revolution counter, 15-digit result counter (Type II)1.00infobox
CurtaDisplay typeMechanical counter1.00infobox
CurtaIntroduced1948 (Type I) 1954 (Type II)1.00infobox
CurtaInvented byCurt Herzstark1.00infobox
CurtaManufacturerContina AG Mauren1.00infobox
CurtaPrecision11 digits (Type I) 15 digits (Type II)1.00infobox
CurtaTypeMechanical calculator1.00infobox
CurtaWeight230 g (8.1 oz) (Type I) 360 g (13 oz) (Type II)1.00infobox
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