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Mechanical Calculator, by Rema, German, Early 20th Century

Inventory Number 38324


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.38324

Item type
Object
Makers
Rema
Provenance
Presented by Dr M. A. T. Rogers. Used at the Neuengamme Concentration Camp, near Hamburg, during World War II, and recovered from there by the donor.
Primary inscriptions
"Rema / Patent" on barrel; serial number "2520" stamped on mechanism; later (?) servicing plaque on reverse "Kurt Schmitz / BÜROMASCHINEN / HANNOVER"
Object type
Calculator
Dimensions
Height: 127mm Width: 277mm Depth: 150mm Weight: 4112g
Inventory No
38324
Accession Number
1987-15

Description

Pin wheel (Brunsviga-type) machine, capacity 9 x 8 x 13; mounted on wooden base board, with wooden cover.