CURTA literature. 1928, 1944-1954, 1986-1989.

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CURTA literature. 1928, 1944-1954, 1986-1989.

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The collection consists of published articles on the CURTA, as well as its inventor, Curt Herzstark. Other materials include advertisements, brochures and manuals for the CURTA, and copied photographs of the “Lilliput,” the precursor to the CURTA.

1 box (0.17 cubic feet)

University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6615355

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Herzstark, Curt, 1902-1988

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Curt Herzstark was born in Vienna, Austria on January 26, 1902. His father, Samuel Jakob Herzstark established, along with a partner, the first calculating machine factory in Vienna, Austria, the Austrian Calculating Machines Manufacturing Company, in 1905-1906. After finishing school, Herzstark began working at his father’s company and then went to work AstraWerke in Germany to gain experience in production of adding machines. After about a year in Germany, Herzstark returned to th...

Contina. CURTA Division.

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