spintech
Joined: 09 Jun 2011
Posts: 3
Location: New York
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 Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:47 pm Post subject: Curta Type I with unique literature |
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I have a Curta (Type I, Serial #71270) for sale with an interesting history and a unique piece of literature.
After WWII my father, who was Chief Engineer at the Simmons Machine Tool Corporation (Albany, NY) traveled to Europe at the behest of the Marshall Plan and his company. Simmons was a leader in building standard and specialized machine tools and had worked 24/7 during the war supplying arsenals around the country with specialized machines as well as manufacturing basic machine tools installed on the Navy’s largest ships. He returned with rebuilding contacts for the company. He also brought back a Curta and an agreement for Simmons to become a distributor in the US for the calculator. He used the Curta regularly along with his slide rule on the job and it was a permanent fixture on his desk. He died in 1953 having never come into the digital age and I inherited his Curta.
I used the Curta in high-school and took it to college only to have it stolen. After a number of years, when I could afford it, I bought a new Curta from The Curta Company in Van Nuys and that is the one for sale. It is in like new condition and has all the original literature including Your CURTA Calculator, Mathematical Handbook, and Computing Examples for the CURTA Calculating Machine (from Contina AG).
Additionally I have an original 12-page sales brochure in English with the Simmons-Curta Business Machines contact information printed on the back.
Email me for further information and images of these items as desired. |
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