COMPUTER, ANALOG
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/artifact3476
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1916
- Date Range To
- 1923
- Materials
- STEEL, PLASTIC, BRASS, PAPER
- Catalogue Number
- P19850019000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1916
- Date Range To
- 1923
- Materials
- STEEL, PLASTIC, BRASS, PAPER
- No. Pieces
- 8
- Length
- 40.0
- Diameter
- 23.0
- Description
- .1 PRECISION COMPUTER. .2 MOUNT. STAINLESS STEEL, PLASTIC, BRASS. 2 PIECES. SILVER, BLACK, GRAY. COMPUTER HAS BLACK MOUNT FOR TABLE AT ITS BASE. LARGE THUMB SCREW ON MOUNT. MOUNT HOLDS A 23 CM. DIA. DIAL THAT ROTATES FOR VARIOUS READINGS. IN FRONT OF DIAL THERE IS A SMALL SLIDE RULE 10 CM. LONG AND TWO GUIDES ONE WITH NUMBERS AND ONE WITH A SINGLE LINE. DIAL CAN BE REMOVED BY LOOSENING LARGE CHROME SCREW. .3 DIRECTION BOOKS FOR COMPUTER. 20 CM. LGTH. X 12 CM. WDTH. PAPER. 2 PIECES, FADED WHITE BOOKS HAVE PICTURE OF THE ROSS PRECISION COMPUTER ON FRONT AND LIST OF CONTENTS. BOOKS FOLD OUT FOR VIEWING. CONTAINS FULL INSTRUCTIONS. .4 SAME AS ABOVE. .5 INFORMATION BOOKLET. 16 CM. LGTH. X 9.2 CM. WDTH. PAPER. BLACK & WHITE. HAS PICTURE OF THE ROSS PRECISION COMPUTER ON FRONT PAGE AND A COMPARISON SCALE OF THE COMPUTER AND AN ORDINARY SLIDE-RULE. BOOK FOLDS OUT FOR VIEWING .6 COVER. 24.3 CM. DIA. LEATHERETTE, METAL. BLACK COVER FITS OVER DISK OF COMPUTER. COVER HAS TWO BUTTONS ON BOTTOM PART. IT HAS THE ROSS PRECISION COMPUTER STAMPED INTO THE LEATHERETTE ON THE FRONT SIDE.
- Subjects
- DATA PROCESSING T&E
- Historical Association
- INDUSTRY
- History
- PRECISION COMPUTER C/W CASE & INSTRUCTION BOOKS. THIS PRECISION COMPUTER WAS USED BY L.N.I.D. DRAFTSMEN PLANNING CONSTRUCTION OF IRRIGATION IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA.
- Catalogue Number
- P19850019000
- Acquisition Date
- 1985-04
- Collection
- Museum
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