the curta calculator
by Alex Dobrenko · updated 5mo ago
the curta calculator
by Alex Dobrenko · updated 5mo ago
Alex Dobrenko added 6mo ago
Alex Dobrenko added 6mo ago
Curta adds, subtracts, multiplies, divides, square and cube roots, continuous multiplication, negative multiplication, standard deviations and all statistical calculations, squares and higher powers, co-ordinates and associated land survey formulae, and every other computation arising in science and commerce. Available on a trial basis. Price $125.00. Write for literature.
Alex Dobrenko added 6mo ago
his approach to designing the calculator - look at everything backwards .
this whole story exists by looking backwards - we look back in time to find him and his story.
broadly, ideas around time and progress seem to be perking up again and again
Alex Dobrenko added 6mo ago
hahaha most of the servicing requests came from people taking their Curtas apart to see how they worked
Alex Dobrenko added 6mo ago
Alex Dobrenko added 6mo ago
Alex Dobrenko added 6mo ago
Alex Dobrenko added 6mo ago
the phrase number crunching comes from how old calculators used to work
Alex Dobrenko added 6mo ago