Object Details
- Macmillan Company
- Description
- This handheld electronic calculator has a black plastic case and sixteen oval plastic keys. In addition to an array of ten digit keys and a decimal point key, it has a clear key, four function keys, and a total key, The on/off switch is to the left of the clear key. A sticker between them reads: 915. Behind the keyboard is an eight-digit red LED display.
- The back of the calculator has a battery compartment at the bottom. A sticker on the compartment door reads: BATTERY DOOR (/) PRESS HERE (/) MFG. BY (/) MATH MATIC (/) HAMDEN, CONN. (/) 06518 (/) 85939 (/) MADE IN U.S.A. A jack for a power adapter is just above the center of the back.
- The calculator has a black plastic carrying pouch.
- A December 1976, newspaper column reports that a consumer purchased two Math Matic 915 calculators in May of that year.
- Reference:
- “Helpmate,” Hammond Times, December 17, 1976, p. 41.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John B. Priser
- ca 1976
- ID Number
- 1986.0988.255
- catalog number
- 1986.0988.255
- accession number
- 1986.0988
- Object Name
- electronic calculator
- Physical Description
- plastic (case; keys; display cover; carrying pouch material)
- metal (circuitry material)
- paper (stickers material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 in x 2 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 6.35 cm x 11.43 cm
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Hamden
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- Handheld Electronic Calculators
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1305785
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-5434-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
