I was just in an email ‘conversation’ with someone when I mentioned my Curta mechanical calculator, and he responded “Pictures Please!” so here we are… Just in case you haven’t heard about this before ...

I first learned about the Curta from this January 2004 article in Scientific American, by Cliff Stoll. Unfortunately, the article is not available for free. But you can purchase a PDF of the whole Jan ...

I worked with a guy who found one of these at an estate sale in a box of used camera lenses. He didn't know what it was but it looked expensive and said "Made in Germany" so he figured it was worth ...