FAQs = README !
INTRODUCTION RECHENMASCHINEN (English / German )
TOUR ASTRA ... WARD
C O N T E N T S of the "On-Line Museum"
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* THE C A L C U L A T O R COLLECTION
o Calculators
(in alphabetic order)
o Small Adders
o Counting Savings Bank
o Counters
o Addiators
o WorkShop
o Trickies
o Diagrams
o History
* Abacuses
* Napier Sticks
* THE S L I D E R U L E COLLECTION
* Tables
* Curve Meters
* Planimeters
* My Engineering Tools
* Pantographs
* Proportional Divider
* Rulers
* Calipers
* Micrometers
* Pedometers
* THE S C A L E S COLLECTION
* THE T Y P E W R I T E R COLLECTION
* Telegraphy
* THE T E L E P H O N E & M U L T I M E T E R COLLECTION
* THE C L O C K & W A T C H COLLECTION
* SlotMachines
* » T h e O t h e r W o r l d «
* Links
A S T R U C T U R E D O V E R V I E W 06/16/13
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Cliff & Me
THE C A L C U L A T O R COLLECTION
ADDO
MULTO-13
Inside Views / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
ASTRA
ASTRA (E)
Inside View / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
BELL-PUNCH
PLUS 906
BRUNSVIGA
BRUNSVIGA 10
BRUNSVIGA 11E
Inside View - Proof for "Retro Design"
BRUNSVIGA 13RK
BRUNSVIGA 13RM
On-line Manual
BURROUGHS
Class 1 Model
Inside Views / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
Class 3 Model
( How to remove the cover & How to make a »B-Key« )
Class 5 Model
Class 8 Model
Class 9 Model
COMPTOMETER
COMPTOMETER Model H
COMPTOMETER Model J
COMPTOMETER Model 99C (Electric!)
CONTEX
CONTEX-A
CONTEX-B
CONTEX-10 ( Snapshot of the Restoration Procedure )
CONTEX-10 ( Newer Version )
CONTEX-20
CONTEX-30
CONTEX-55
CURTA
CURTA-1
CURTA-2
ELITE
ELITE 100-7/8
FACIT
FACIT EK
FACIT NTK
FACIT C1-13
Inside Views / FACIT's SPECIAL(Pin-Wheel)SOLUTION
FACIT CM2-16
FACIT CA1-13
Inside Views / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
FELIKS
FELIKS M
Inside View
HAMANN
README - New Definitions / Identifications
HAMANN-MANUS "Model-D" Experiment
HAMANN-MANUS-C
HAMANN-MANUS-D
Inside Views / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
HAMANN-AUTOMAT-S
Inside Views
Hand-Made "Crank"
HAMANN-AUTOMAT-S (2nd Version)
Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
KOMET
KOMET TA 8/9
Inside Views / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
MARCHANT
MARCHANT (B) STANDARD
Inside Views / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
MARCHANT H9
Inside Views + ADAPTING SEGMENT PRINCIPLE
MELITTA
MELITTA VI/16
MERCEDES
MERCEDES-EUKLID 22
Inside Views / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
MERCEDES-EUKLID 29
MERCEDES-EUKLID 38 MS
Inside Views / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
CELLATRON R 31
Inside View / Design Procedure for an ACRYLIC COVER ...
THE MILLIONAIRE
THE MILLIONAIRE
Restoration Project: MAKE ONE-OUT-OF-TWO
MONROE
Model LX-160
Model LX-160 (Newer Version)
Model 1
Model 1 (Older Version)
Inside Views / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
Model 1 (Newer Version)
Model CSAE-10
MONROmatic CAA-10
MONROmatic 8N-213
Slide Show: "Insight of the Inside"
Manual
Model 811-H4 (Made by OLYMPIA)
How the ribbon is spooled
NCR
NATIONAL CASH REGISTER Model 313
Inside Views / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
NISA
NISA-K2
NISA-K5 (Plastic)
NISA-K5 (Metal)
NUMERIA
NUMERIA Model 8213
Inside Views / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
ODHNER
ORIGINAL-ODHNER Model 7
Inside Views / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
ORIGINAL-ODHNER Model 27
ORIGINAL-ODHNER Model 239
OLIVETTI
SUMMA PRIMA 20
DIVISUMMA-26-GT
Inside Views / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
OLYMPIA
OLYMPIA 1182
OLYMPIA-AE
OLYMPIA RAS-12
PRECISA
PRECISA 128-1-E
PRECISA 208-10
PRECISA 164-12
PRODUX
PRODUX MULTATOR
REMINGTON-RAND
REMINGTON (Basic Version)
REMINGTON (Visible Counter Version)
RESULTA
RESULTA-BS7
RESULTA-7
RESULTA-9 »Export«
RESULTA-7 »Export«
RESULTA-P7 with Printer
Inside View
RESULTA-P9 with Printer
SCHUBERT
SCHUBERT
Inside Views / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
SUMMIRA
SUMMIRA-7
SUMMIRA-7 with Printer
THALES
THALES MEZ
Inside Views / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
THALES CER
T.I.M.
T.I.M.
Inside Views / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
TORPEDO
TORPEDO
TRIUMPHATOR
TRIUMPHATOR CN1
Inside View / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
TRIUMPHATOR CRN1
Inside View / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
TRIUMPHATOR CRN2
VICTOR (All with Printers)
Manual Operated Full-Keyboard Models:
OldModel
Compact
Economy
ArtDeco (6 Digit Model)
ArtDeco (8 Digit Model)
Manual Operated 10-Block-Keyboard Models:
ArtDeco (OlderVersion)
ArtDeco (NewerVersion)
Tallymaster
Inside Views / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
Motorized Full-Keyboard Models:
ArtDeco
Custom
NewerVersion
US/GB-NonMetric
Motorized 10-Block-Keyboard Models:
ArtDeco
Custom
Economy
Automatic-73
Automatic-74
McCASKEY / VICTOR CashRegister
Inside Views / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
WALTHER
RK
WSR-160
COMPTESS
MULTA-GT
Inside Views / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
DIWA-32
Inside Views / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
WARD
MONTGOMERY-WARD 7/8
SMALL ADDING MACHINES
ADDI-7
ADDOMETER
AS7
REGINA-7
CHADWICK
COMPTATOR
LITTLE GIANT
ADDING MACHINE ( Toy Version of the "LITTLE GIANT" )
GOLDEN GEM
KEN+ADD
LIGHTNING
PASCAL-TYPE
PRECISE
Inside Views / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
SWIFT
THALES »KA«
Inside Views / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
TRIUMPHATOR »KA«
Inside Views / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
TOY ADDING MACHINE
COUNTING SAVINGS BANK
UNCLE SAM'S 3COIN REGISTER BANK
COUNTERS
Manual Event Counter
Assembly-Line Counter
Telephone Toll Counter
Electro-Mechanical, Resetable Counter
Application: Pulsar + Counter = Clock
Shopping COUNTER / Calculator »INSTAMATIC«
BATES Numbering Machine
ADDIATORS
How to Use an ADDIATOR
RELIABLE ADDER
VE-PO-AD
TASCO
ADDIATOR PERPLEX
ADDIATOR DUPLEX
ADDIATOR TRIPLEX
ARITHMA & ADDIATOR-UNIVERSAL
CORRENTATOR
PRODUX-ORIGINAL
EFZET
PRODUX / RECORD
RECORD
UNIS
ADDIFIX-6
BABY CALCULATOR ( Black Version )
BABY CALCULATOR ( Silver Version )
MAGIC BRAIN CALCULATORS
OMEGA POCKET ADDING MACHINE
KINGSON Pound/Shilling/Pence Calculator
SHERADCO Fraction of an Inch Adding Machine
W O R K S H O P
(A) ACTUAL RESTORATION & REPAIR QUEUE
...
(B) INTERESTING REPAIRS & RESTORATIONS FOR OTHERS
Calculators ...
ALLEN-WALES_77
BRUNSVIGA-11E
BURROUGHS_CLASS-1 ADDING / BOOKKEEPING MACHINE
CURTA-2
FACIT_CM2-16
FELIKS-M ("ZINC-PEST")
HAMANN-300
MELITTA_IV/16
MILLIONAIRE
MONROE_KA
MONROE-"Model-1"
MONROE_CSA-10
TRIUMPHATOR-CN2
Inside View / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
VICTOR_ART-DECO
NonCalculators ...
1907 MAGNETO WALL PHONE
MultiMeter » μA-MULTIZET «
MultiMeter » EXACTA «
R-L-C Wheatstone Bridge ( transistorized )
JEPPESEN Flight Computer CSG-9
1900 SESSIONS MANTEL CLOCK
1850 BAROQUE MANTEL CLOCK
(C) UNSUCCESSFUL PROJECTS
ALLEN-95
MARCHANT-8ADX
VICTOR AUTOMATIC-75
(X) T E A C H I N G PROJECTS
MULTIMETER RECYCLE PROJECT ( English / German )
3-Way- / 4-Way-Switch ( How-To-Do vs. How-To-Know )
TRICKIES
of Mechanical Calculating
Shortened Method of Multiplication
Shortened Method of Calculating Discount & Net Sum
Multiple Divisions with the same Divisor
Division (Additive Method; Division by Multiplication)
Chain Multiplications with Back-Transfer
Chain Multiplications without Back-Transfer
Multiplication involving Addition of Products
Cubes without Back-Transfer
Calculating Square Roots
1st Method ( Toepler )
2nd Method ( Herrmann )
Simultan. Calculating Sum & Sum of Squares in CURTA-2
DIAGRAMS
of Calculator Mechanisms
Stepped Drum / Staffel-Walze
Pin Wheel / Sprossen-Rad
FACIT-Version
Comptometer Section
Split Stepped Drum / Geteilte Staffel-Walze
10s Carry Mechanisms
Split-Stepped Drum / MONROE Type
Pin Wheel / ODHNER Type
Counter Stepping Mechanism
Counter Stepping Animation
Adapting Segment / Stell-Segment
Proportional-Lever / Proportional-Hebel
Linear Segment Mechanism
Caliper / Nonius
Switching-Latch Wheel / Schalt-Klinke
Rocking Segment Mechanism
10-Key Adding / Printing Calculators
MILLIONAIRE / "1x1-Koerper"
HISTORY
of Inventors & Calculator Companies
Addiator
Addo
Astra
Bell-Punch
Brunsviga
Burroughs
Comptometer / Felt & Tarrant
Contex
Curta
Facit
Feliks
Hamann
Lipsia
Marchant
Melitta
Mercedes
Monroe
National / NCR
Nisa
Odhner
Olivetti
Olympia
Precisa
Produx
Remington-Rand
Resulta
Schubert
Summira
Thales
Torpedo
Triumphator
Victor
Walther
Ward
ABACUSES
How to Use an Abacus
... as a HEXA-DECIMAL Calculator
China (2+5)*13 Beads
A Paper-Weight Chinese Abacus
A Decorative Chinese Duplex-Abacus
Japan (1+4)*23 Beads
Japan (1+4)*17 Beads, Aluminum-Frame, Resetable
Japan (1+5)*27 Beads
Japan (2+5)*13 Beads
Russia 10*10 Beads
Germany 10*10 Beads
NAPIER
NAPIER's BONES / "Sticks" Self-Made
THE S L I D E R U L E COLLECTION
DOWNLOAD the »COPY,CUT&FOLD« - PAPER SLIDE RULE
The Principle of Slide Rules
C O L L E C T I O N ...
Acu-Math
Aristo
AWF
Concise
Citizen
Dietzgen
Diwa
Ecobra
Faber-Castell
Fowler
Fullerton
Gilson
Graphoplex
Hemmi
Hoehler
Hughes-Owens
IWA
Keuffel & Esser
Klawun
Lawrence
Logarex
Lutz
Mantissa
Meissner
Nestler
Norma
Otis-King
Pickett & Eckel
Post
Reiss
Sanderson/Jeppesen
Scientific Instruments
Staedler
Sterling
Tavernier-Gravet
Troeger
Unis
USSR
Uto
Wichmann
C O N T E N T S :
Introduction
Linear Common Slide Rules
Non-Linear Common Slide Rules
Special Slide Rules & Slide Calculators
Teaching Slide Rules
Use of Special Scales on Common Slide Rules
Common Marks on Cursors
Marks on Slide Rules and their Meaning
History of Slide Rule Inventors
Historical Remarks to Slide Rule Companies
Some Slide Rule Books
MATHEMATICAL TABLES
E.Jahnke & F.Emde
F.G.Gauss
M.Abramowitz & I.A.Stegun
CURVE METERS
ALVIN Curve meter
CHARVOZ Curve Meter
NoName Map Meter
PLANIMETERS
Theory of Planimeters
FOREST SERVICE Planimeter
KEUFFEL & ESSER Planimeter
LASICO Planimeter Model 121-A
WICHMANN Planimeter Nr.1192
WICHMANN Planimeter Nr.90
My ENGINEERING TOOLS from the 60s ...
PANTOGRAPHS
How a PANTOGRAPH (= "StorchSchnabel", MARABU-1) works ...
A "Professional" NESTLER-2490 PANTOGRAPH
PROPORTIONAL DIVIDER
How a PROPORTIONAL DIVIDER works ...
RULERS
Inch vs. Metric !!!
CALIPERS
HELIOS / Nonius ( AEG Unterweisung )
METRIC CALIPER / Circular Scale
DECIMAL-DIVIDED INCH CALIPER / Circular Scale
HEMA / Special Caliper
MICROMETERS
CARL ZEISS Mechanical ANALOG Micrometer
MITUTOYO Mechanical DIGITAL Micrometer
LUFKIN Mechanical ANALOG Micrometer (USA-Version)
PEDOMETERS
K&R Pedometers/StepCounters
ARISTO Pedometer/StepCounter
THE S C A L E S COLLECTION
Theory - How mechanical Scales work
Toy Scale + Polygones
Person Scale
Metric Kitchen Scale + Metric Weight Box
Kitchen Scale + Hydraulic Mini-Jack
Mini (Spring) Kitchen Scale + 3D-MOEBIUS-RING
Precision Metric Triple-Beam-Balance Scale
Common Letter Scale + KLEINBOTTLE
Bilateral Letter Scale
Travel Letter Scale
METTLER »H15« Lab Scale + "How-It-Works"
Inside Views / Snapshots of the Restoration Procedure
THE T Y P E W R I T E R COLLECTION
PORTABLES
HAMMOND » NO.12 « ( "luggable" )
AEG » MIGNON « (Pointing Typewriter) >----- 1st ------+
Inside View |
ADLER » FAVORIT « >---- 1st ----+ |
Inside View | |
STOEWER » ELITE « | |
CORONA » 3 « FOLDABLE >-- 1st ----------+ |
CORONA » 3 « FOLDABLE (Newer Version) | v
UNDERWOOD » STANDARD « >---------- 1st --------+ OLYMPIA
Inside View | | | |
GRUNDKA » MW « | | | |
REMINGTON | | | |
TRIUMPH >-----------------------+ | | |
OLYMPIA » ELITE « | | v ->--+
ROYAL » TOUCH-CONTROL « | | UNDERWOOD |
» RHEINMETALL « | | | |
S&N » ERIKA « | | | |
CONTINENTAL » WANDERER 50 « | | | |
HERMES » BABY « | v | |
SMITH-CORONA » SILENT « | SMITH-CORONA | |
ROYAL » Quiet DeLuxe « | | | |
GROMA » GROMINA « | | | |
OLIVETTI » LETTERA 22 « | | | |
OLIVETTI » LETTERA 32 « | | | |
K&K » PRINCESS 300 « v | | |
OLYMPIA » DELUXE « TRIUMPH-ADLER | | ->--+
OLYMPIA » SPLENDID 33 « | | | ->--+
TRIUMPH » TIPPA « <------ 50 ---+ | | |
GOSSEN » TIPPA « - CHASSIS | | |
OLIVETTI » VALENTINE-S « | | |
CONSUL » Mod.231.3 « | | |
OLYMPIA » DE LUXE 120 « | | ->--+
OLYMPIA » TRAVELLER « | | ->--+
SMITH-CORONA » GALAXIE DELUXE « | | |
SMITH-CORONA » CLASSIC-12 « <-- 60 --+ | |
UNDERWOOD » 16 « <---------------- 60 ---------+ |
BROTHER » 440TR « |
OLYMPIA » TRAVELLER C « <--------- 85 years later ----+
Electrical OFFICE MACHINES
IBM » SELECTRIC «
IBM » SELECTRIC I «
IBM » SELECTRIC II «
TELEGRAPHY
Make a Telegraph Station out of a WESTERN ELECTRIC TEST UNIT
WWII US Army/Navy FIELD TELEGRAPH SET » TG-5-B «
Make a PARTNER STATION for the » TG-5-B «
THE T E L E P H O N E & M U L T I M E T E R COLLECTION
Remarks to the Invention of the Telephone
»Candlestick« WesternElectric (1920)
ArtDeco Dial Phone AutomaticElectric (1920)
Ringer/Warbler
AutomaticElectric Model 40 Dial Phone (1937)
Black Dial Phone WesternElectric Model 302 (1949)
Blue Dial Phone AT&T Model 500 (1955)
Pay Dial Phone AutomaticElectric (1948)
Inside View
Red Touch Phone WesternElectric Model 2500 (1965)
PRINCESS Dial Phone WesternElectric (1964)
External Transformer
PRINCESS Touch Phone WesternElectric (1965)
Red TRIMLINE Dial Phone WesternElectric (1965)
Black TRIMLINE Touch Phone WesternElectric (1968)
»FRENCH-STYLE« Dial Phone US Telephone Co. (1967)
»CONTESSA« Dial Phone US Telephone Co. (1967)
»PETITE« ITT-OWN-A-PHONE Dial Phone (1970)
»CELEBRITY« WesternElectric Dial Phone (1975)
Touch Tone Wall Phone (1978 / Restored 1983)
ArtDeco Dial Phone PTT / Holland (1963)
»W61« RFT (East-)German Dial Phone (1961)
»W61« RFT WIRE DIAGRAM
ANOTHER »W61« WIRE DIAGRAM ( ? STASI Tapping ? )
TESLA Dial Phone / Czechoslovakia
KRONE / Germany (1969)
» How the DIAL SYSTEM works «
A Closer Look
GDR Field Telephones
»KINDER-FON«-Box w. (West-)German Dial Phones (1948 & 1961)
USA TEST Phone (1950)
USA TEST Phone (1975)
German TEST Phone (1981)
Electronic KEYPAD TEST Phone
Touch Phone H1-LX / Deutsche Telekom
Touch Phone SIGNO-2 / Deutsche Telekom
A PIANO Telephone
A Dial-Telephone Lock
Scale to measure Relais Contacts
Mini-AC-Generator ( WWII / Germany )
Portable Battery Element Tester
Field MultiMeter METRAVO
Lab S&H low-level DC Ampere-Meter
Lab S&H DC Ampere-Meter
Lab V/A-Meters S&H MULTIZET
Lab DC-MultiMeter S&H μA-MULTIZET
Zero-Center S&H MicroAmpere Meter
Zero-Center MilliAmpere Meter
Application: DEMO-GENERATOR/MOTOR
Portable JEWELL DC Volt Meter
Portable WESTON Monitor AC-Meter Set
Field MultiMeter SIMPSON-260
Field MultiMeter ITT-METRIX MX-202
Modification for 1.5 V Battery Replacement
Field MultiMeter CHINAGLIA CORTINA
HELIPOT Precision Potentiometers/Resistors
Ohm-Meter GOSSEN TRIOHM
Wheatstone Bridge H&B PONTAVI
Inductance/Capacitance Bridge H&B INKAVI
Portable MicroAmpere-Meter
Portable S&H POST DC/AC Volt/Ampere-Meter
Portable GOSSEN POST V/A-Meter
Portable AEG Volt/Ampere-Meter
Lab Precision S&H Watt-Meter (1900)
A home-made Test-Unit for the S&H Watt-Meter
Lab Precision S&H Watt-Meter (1970)
THE C L O C K & W A T C H COLLECTION
Westminster Wall Clock
Seth Thomas Clock (1863)
Insights to Inside & Backside
A German Cuckoo Clock
GrandMa's Mantel Clock
Schatz Ship Clock
»ATMOS« Clock
How the ATMOS works
IMEXAL Calendar Mantel Clock
» Mystery Clock «
Quelle World Clock
Motor Repair Procedure
Kenwood Ham World Clock
Kundo World Clock
Kienzle World Clock
Waltham Chronometer
Stop Watches
Hanhart / Germany
Breitling / Swiss
Camero [= HANHART / Germany ] / Swiss
Junghans / Germany
Slava / USSR
Elgin Pocket Watch
Olma (Radioactive!) Wrist Watch
Omega Automatic Wrist Watch
Swatch Irony Automatic » Body & Soul «
Citizen's "Navitimer"
Sand Glass
A Clock Riddle
SLOT MACHINES
PACE » DELUXE CHROME BELL «
Inside View / Snapshot of the Restoration Procedure
Slot Machine »BONANZA« Saving Bank
Slot Machine »BUCKAROO« Saving Bank
Slot Machine MINI Saving Bank
MECHANICAL MUSIC
VICTOROLA Gramophone
THORENS MusicBox with Metal Records
Insights to Inside & History
Yet another MusicBox from THORENS
PIANOLA, A Mechanical Player Piano
Inside Views
THE OTHER WORLD
Other Collector Items from the Past
Weather Station
Kompass-Rose
» GPS-Tools « from the 50s
» Civil Engineer's NOTE PAD « from the 60s
Universal All Angle Level
Steam Tractor
LangHolzWagen
Steam Roller
Restoration Procedure
Toy Candle Boat
Harmonica
Xylophone
Wind Chime
Beer Bottles
Coffee Mill
Oil Lamp
» Tropical Bug «
Chess Game
LINKS
to Other Interesting Web Sites
GENERAL ( Information, History & Simulation )
ADDIATOR ( & On-line Simulation )
COMPTOMETER ( & On-line Simulation )
CURTA ( & On-line Simulation )
FACIT ( & On-line Simulation )
NATIONAL CASH REGISTER
MANUALS for OTIS-KING, FOWLER & more
PORTABLE TYPEWRITERS
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