Object Details
- Olivetti
- Description
- This ten-key listing electric calculating machine has a gray plastic case with a black lid that lifts to reveal the mechanism. The nine white numeral keys are arranged in a block. Below these are three black keys. One has one white dot, one has two dots and the third has three dots (for differing numbers of zeroes).
- To the right of the keys is a black bar marked +, a red bar marked -, a black T key, and a black ST key. There are three more black keys, six blue keys, and a red key on the left, as well as two levers with blue plastic knobs. Below the keyboard is a GT (grand total) bar and a switch. Above the keyboard is a place indicator. The printing mechanism behind this includes four type wheels to indicate dates, 13 for totals and two for symbols. Totals are printed in red. A serrated edge eases tearing the paper tape.
- The machine has a gray cord and the 3-1/2” (8.8 cm.) wide paper tape. A mark at the top reads: olivetti. A mark on a tag attached to the back reads: Olivetti Divisumma GT 24 (/) MADE IN ITALY * FABRIQUE EN ITALIE. A nother tag attached to the back reads: PROPERTY OF (/) 112551 (/) SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. The serial number, written on the inside of the back of the top and on a plate attached to the bottom, is 2866218.
- The Italian artist Marcello Nizzoli designed this and other Olivetti calculating machines.
- This particular example was used in the Office of the Registrar of the National Museum of American History and is dated from its property tag number.
- Compare 1979.0854.01.
- Reference:
- S. Kicherer, Olivetti: A Study of the Corporate Management of Design, 1990, pp. 28–29.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1972
- ID Number
- 1979.0932.01
- maker number
- 2866218
- accession number
- 1979.0932
- catalog number
- 1979.0932.01
- Object Name
- calculating machine
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- rubber (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 26 cm x 24.5 cm x 43 cm; 10 1/4 in x 9 21/32 in x 16 15/16 in
- place made
- Italy
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Calculating Machines
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Record ID
- nmah_690099
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-1551-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
