Curta calculator

Advertisement of the Curta from 1963. technophilicmag.com

You could be forgiven for thinking that being called a “Curta-cranker” was a bit of an insult. The nickname describes someone who constantly cranks their Curta (!) to make calculations. However, the Curta calculator, as the hallowed invention of concentration camp survivor Curt Herzstark, has become such a collector’s item these days, that just to have one in your possession is a fact worth celebrating. It means you are one fortunate, and determined, collector.In a sense, I am a that…

"Complex calculations, small mech. calculator" on its time. 1947 - 1948

Curta calculator (my parents use one)

Curta mechanical calculator

curta calculator

I was blissfully unaware of Curta calculators until about three hours ago, when Nigel Payne alerted me to their existence. Curt Herzstark was an Austrian inventor who started development of the world's smallest 4-function mechanical calculator before WWII. He was awarded his first patent in 1938, but the war put a halt to his efforts. In an unfortunate turn of...

curta calculator

Curta I and Curta II These outstanding small pocket calculators were produced almost unmodified from 1948 to ca. 1971. I want it!