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12 Days of Curtsmas Chapter 3: The Stepped Drum Mechanism
The basic arithmetic in the Curta is performed by the Stepped Drum, also called the Leibniz Wheel or Leibniz Drum.
This is a Curta Type I, built in 1952. Stay tuned for episodes every other day, December 3 - 25. Thanks as always to the person who gave me the Curta.
Chapter 11 (December 23) will be a mailbag episode! So please ask questions, etc.
End song inspired by "Hotter than a Molotov" by The Coup. • The Coup: Hotter Than ...
Jingle bells sound from www.freesoundsl..., CC-BY-4.0
Curta parts 3D-model from www.thingivers...
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Stephen Freeborn's Archimedes F Junior video
• Archimedes F "Junior" ...
Robert Baruch Monroe model K video
• Disassembling a 1920s ...