Brical British calculator
- Made:
- 1900-1909 in Stoke Newington
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"Bri-cal" adding machine by, The British Calculators, Ltd, in case; adds from 1/2d to #500, two bone styluses
Brical' adding machine in case with two bone styluses. Patented by H and M Dickinson, the 'Brical' was Britain's answer to the French circular 'Tronset' instrument and is a modification of it. It was designed to add sums of money from 1/2d to £500.
Details
- Category:
- Mathematics
- Object Number:
- 1909-166
- Materials:
- fish skin, wood (unidentified), brass (copper, zinc alloy), silk, steel (metal), plastic (unidentified) and velvet
- Measurements:
-
closed: 25 mm x 155 mm x 155 mm, 0.62 kg
- type:
- adding machine (stylus)
- credit:
- J.C. Stevens Auction House
