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	Curta Handhelds
		The Curtas were marvels of mechanical miniaturization which were introduced by Contina Ltd. in 1948.
		The entire wide top section of a curta was the carriage and you can see in the pictures that the carriages had markings on the bottom to indicate the position to which they were set.
		Curtas survived the early electronic desktop calculators due to their portability and lower price, but pocket electronic calculators killed the Curtas in 1972.
	www.hpmuseum.org /ffcurta.htm (699 words)

	Curta calculator -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Curta was a small, hand-cranked mechanical (A small machine that is used for mathematical calculations) calculator introduced in 1948.
		The Curta was invented by (additional info and facts about Curt Herzstark) Curt Herzstark while he was a prisoner in the (additional info and facts about Buchenwald) Buchenwald concentration camp.
		The Curta was affectionately known as the "Pepper Grinder" due to its shape and means of operation.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/cu/curta_calculator.htm (444 words)

	Curta calculator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Curta's design is a variant of Gottfried Leibnitz's Arithmometer, accumulating values on cogs, which are added or complemented by a steppered drum.
		The Curta was invented by Curt Herzstark while he was a prisoner in the Buchenwald concentration camp.
		The Curta was popular among contestants in sports car rallies during the 1960s, '70s and into the '80s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Curta_calculator (476 words)

	CURTA CALCULATOR REPAIR and CLEANING SERVICE
		The demand for cleaning and repair service of the the Curta is increasing because of recent print and broadcast articles extolling the virtues of these semi-antique mechanical marvels.
		Curta owners often are reminded of their old keepsakes and retrieve them from storage trunks and desk drawers.
		If the Curta is to be repaired without being cleaned, labor charges for replacing a broken or damaged part are in addition to the diagnostic charges and the replacement parts cost.
	home.comcast.net /~timewise1/curta/curta.html (975 words)

	Curta calculator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Curta was invented by CurtHerzstark while he was a prisoner in the Buchenwald concentration camp.Herzstark survived the camp, and after WWII ended he completed and perfected the design.Contina Ltd. produced the devices.
		The larger Type II Curta, introducedin 1954, had 11 digits of slides, an 8-digit revolution counter, and a 15-digit resultcounter.
		The Curta was popular among contestants in sports car rallies during the1960s, '70s and into the '80s.
	www.therfcc.org /curta-calculator-49383.html (296 words)

	Curta Type II Handheld Mechanical Calculator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Curta calculators were produced between 1947 and sometime in the very early '70's.
		Curtas were sold at camera shops and business machine stores through the early '70's, or could be purchased direct through a US discributor.
		Curta calculators gained a real following in road-rally competitions, where their small size, high speed, and ease of use made them almost indespensible for rally navigators to use to calculate the right speeds for drivers to maintain to hit the leg times of rally coarses as closely as possible.
	www.oldcalculatormuseum.com /curta2.html (348 words)

	CURTA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Die Curta ist eine mechanische Rechenmaschine in Form eines 85 mm hohen Zylinders mit 53 mm Durchmesser.
		Die Curta ging erst nach dem Krieg in Liechtenstein in Produktion.
		Insgesamt wurden bis 1970 rund 150.000 Exemplare der Curta produziert.
	www.toonorama.com /encyclopedia/C/Curta (156 words)

	Curta calculator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
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		Curta Calculating Machines Links to useful sites about the Curta.
		Die Geschichte von Curt Herzstark und seiner Curta Lebenslauf von Curt Herzstark, Curta Bedienungsanleitung, Patente, Service-Pläne, viele weitere Bilder usw.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Curta_calculator.html (513 words)

	Curta-cranker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Centre de curta estada Servei de la diputació de Barcelona per a persones amb disminució psíquica.
		Geschichte der Rechenhilfsmittel Vom Abakus bis zur Curta werden die wichtigsten Erfindungen und Erfinder beschrieben.
		Calculating Machines General history and description of the ordinary slide rule, the Otis King and Curta calculators.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Curta-cranker.html (248 words)

	Curta Calculator - Historic Rally Equipment
		Before the dawn of the portable electronic calculator in the early 1970s, all serious rallyists used a Curta in conjunction with a 1/100th reading odometer such as a Halda Twinmaster or Tripmaster.
		The Type I, the smaller of the two, has an 8-place setting register, a 6-place indicating dial, and an 11-place answering dial; the corresponding capacities of the Type II are 11, 8, and 15.
		The Curta came in a special shock-resistant carrying case, originally made of stamped metal.
	www.bcsc.co.uk /info/curtacalculator.html (219 words)

	Programmable Calculators: CURTA Type II
		In the CURTA, sliding levers are used to set the corresponding drums to the desired digits; when the crank is then turned, the digits are transferred to the accumulator by addition.
		The ability to shift the entry mechanism relative to the accumulator is what makes it possible to use the CURTA for multiplication; you can shift the machine to the desired decimal position, perform the necessary number of rotations, then shift to the next position as you multiply with each successive digit.
		The CURTA came in two basic models: type I and type II CURTAs are distinguished by the number of digits that the machine can handle.
	www.rskey.org /curtaii.htm (474 words)

	Curta Calculator, Rally Racing News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		When the Curta is held or mounted in the proper position (with the factor input slides facing the operator) the time readout section (fl) will be near and facing the operator.
		Your Curta will now show official mileage and time in the time readout and your mileage in the mileage readout thus eliminating the necessity of correcting the official mileage to agree with your odometer.
		The mileage and time that appear on the Curta before starting to add or subtract time should be noted before the operation is begun to insure when you are finished the mileage is the same as when you started and the proper amount of time is showing on the Curta.
	www.rallyracingnews.com /manuals/curtaman.html (2767 words)

	Encyclopedia: Curta calculator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Computer History Museum is a museum established in 1996 (originally as The Computer Museum History Center until 2001) dedicated to preserving the history of the information age and the computing revolution, located in Mountain View, California, USA (Silicon Valley).
		Even after the introduction of the electronic calculator for other purposes, they were used in time-speed-distance (TSD) rallies to aid in computation of times to checkpoints, distances off-course, etc. Rallying (international) or rally racing (US) is a form of automobile racing that takes place on normal roads with modified production or specially built road cars.
		Categories: Mechanical calculators Clifford Stoll (or Cliff Stoll) is an astronomer and computer systems administrator, and author.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Curta-calculator (886 words)

	The Amazing Curta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Over the course of about 20 years approximately 80,000 of the Curta I and 60,000 of the Curta II were constructed.
		Since the Curta is a precision instrument, it was sold with a protective capsule or case.
		I recently learned that this was actually a design change made to prevent the accidental turning of the Curta's operational crank when the case was screwed shut.
	www.webcom.com /calc/Curta_text.html (493 words)

	Curta calculator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Curta was invented by Curt Herzstark he was a prisoner in the Buchenwald concentration camp.
		Multiplication division other functions required a series of crank The Type I Curta had 8 digits slides a 6-digit revolution counter and a result counter.
		The larger Type II Curta in 1954 had 11 digits of slides an revolution counter and a 15-digit result counter.
	www.freeglossary.com /Curta (722 words)

	Curta Brasil \| TVE Brasil
		O curta, paradoxalmente, é super-prestigiado hoje, com grandes festivais e mostras dedicados a ele em todo o Brasil.
		Não cumprem a lei que obriga toda sala de cinema a passar um curta antes de qualquer longa.
		Mas o valor que se dá ao curta vem crescendo nos últimos anos, com festivais, concursos, etc., mas ainda não alcançou a visibilidade que merece na TV aberta e nos canais a cabo.
	www.tvebrasil.com.br /curtabrasil/apresentadora.asp (898 words)

	The CURTA Calculator Page
		The Curta Calculator simulation is a 3D re-creation of the original portable mechanical calculator, invented by Curt Herzstark.
		CURTA Literature Listing is a list of all know CURTA literature compiled by Rick Furr and Skip Godfrey.
		The CURTA Manual is a transcription of the CURTA Manual titled "Your CURTA Calculator" on one side and "The 4 arithmetical rules" on the other.
	www.vcalc.net /cu.htm (3723 words)

	The Sea Slug Forum - Liloa curta
		is the same as what we are presently calling Liloa curta (A. Adams, 1850). I have attached a scan of a 16mm specimen from Pago Bay (3m), Guam; 14 Sept. 1971. The male genital system is similar to that that Bob Burn drew for L.
		The type for curta has gone bye-bye. I have attached a scan of Pilsbry's type for Haminoea curta tomaculum on which he based the subgenus Liloa. [Holotype: Shell length 12.5 x 5.5mm; ANSP #17073].
		They are the first opisthobranchs I took an interest in, and although not as spectacular as nudibranchs, we have much to learn about their biology and natural history.
	www.seaslugforum.net /find.cfm?id=418 (401 words)

	Curta Calculator
		The Curta Calculator simulation is a 3D re-creation of the original portable mechanical calculator, invented by Curt Herzstark.
		The Curta may seem awkward to use for those of us used to electronic calculators.
		There is something engaging about mechanical gadgets, with all of their clockwork whirrs and clicks, that is absent in our modern electronic devices.
	www.patbelford.com /projects/curta/index.html (247 words)

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		CURTA users who have at their disposal our CURTA Tables may, by use of these tables, obtain a
		The carriage of the CURTA Model II may be moved through 8 positions, and in this instance the
		By means of a slide rule or a CURTA the square root of this number is found to be 0.497.
	www.isi.edu /~finn/curta/curta.html (5086 words)

	ORB: The ORB Encyclopedia--Bibliographies for Late Antiquity
		Bibliography of the Ancient and Early Medieval Langobards (Lombards) by Florin Curta, University of Florida.
		Bibliography of the Gepids by Florin Curta, University of Florida.
		Early Byzantine Church Architecture in the Balkans and Crimea Fifth to Seventh Century: A Bibliography by Florin Curta, University of Florida.
	www.nipissingu.ca /department/history/MUHLBERGER/ORB/BIBLIOS.HTM (746 words)

	Curta Calculator :: VintageRally.com
		The Curta Calculator was invented by Curt Herzstark, an Austrian whose family business was the manufacture of calculating machines under license.
		They may often be found on eBay, generally selling for about $600 to $700, though prices vary depending on condition and associated goodies such as the original box and literature.
		Curta Calculator Site and Registry - The best source of information on the Curta and its inventor Curt Herzstark.
	www.winktimber.com /vintagerally/gear/curta.htm (419 words)

	Curta Calculators (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Curta calculating machines are a marvel of mechanical engineering.
		Curta Handhelds - The Museum of HP Calculators by Dave Hicks
		Here's a collection of four Curta calculators: two Model I's - one with the older variety metal container, one with the newer plastic container, and two Model II's - again, one with the older (and well worn) metal container and the other with a plastic container.
	www.teleport.com /~gregsa/curta (236 words)

	Curta Calculators (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Curta calculating machines are a marvel of mechanical engineering.
		Curta Handhelds - The Museum of HP Calculators by Dave Hicks
		Here's a collection of four Curta calculators: two Model I's - one with the older variety metal container, one with the newer plastic container, and two Model II's - again, one with the older (and well worn) metal container and the other with a plastic container.
	home.teleport.com /~gregsa/curta (236 words)

	IRC log from 1999-12-03T10:00-0500 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Its a frames-based knowledge issue and there is a pretty clear model for it 10:16 [CurtA] The processors don't need to be aware of it, but it does need to be clearly communicated the the developers of the systems.
		10:21 [CurtA] I was thinking that a DOM that used type specific nodes (real nodes, etc) would be faster than allocating all those strings, however I was suprised that conversion to double was slower than string allocation.
		If you allow the omission stuff in the ISO rep, you've got to be able to state in the schema that a date has to be a specific date 10:25 [Al] I don't believe in "just a date" until you tell me what compare operations are required on dates.
	www.w3.org /1999/12/w3c-irc2409 (2430 words)

	Notícias - Curta brasileiro no Divercine
		O curta, produzido em Super 16 e finalizado em Betacam, foi filmado em locações nas cidades de Caldas e Poços de Caldas (MG) e São José do Rio Pardo (SP).
		As cenas de efeitos visuais, como as que mostram os vôos da personagem e aquelas em que navega um rio dentro de barco de papel, foram realizadas no estúdio do Departamento de Multimeios da Unicamp.
		Lançado em 2003, o projeto Curta Criança selecionou e viabilizou a realização de 19 filmes de 13 minutos, voltados para o público infantil, a serem exibidos na rede pública de televisão.
	www.cultura.gov.br /noticias/noticias_do_minc/index.php?p=10912&more=1&c=1&pb=1 (428 words)

	Curta I
		Curta with 12345789 set and the crank turned once, as shown by the "1" appearing in the white, counter, sector.
		For more information on Curt Herzstark and the story of the Curta see Bruce Flamm's article "The Amazing Curta" in the "Collecting Calculators" section of this site.
		For further details of the Curta calculator visit Rick Furr's fascinating Curta calculator pages at his site at http://www.vcalc.net/cu.htm.
	www.vintagecalculators.com /html/curta_i.html (204 words)

	Curta.Org, Your Complete Curta Calculator Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		There are two Curta scams going on right now:
		One is so-called "Cut Curtas," sold as "rare demonstration models." They are apparently just regular Curtas to which someone has taken a hacksaw.
		The other is Curta stamps from Liechtenstein, selling for well over $100.
	www.curta.org (58 words)

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