The School of Physics Museum

Wooden rectangular abacus with 13 rods. Each rod is divided by a wooden bar. On top part of the rod are 2 wooden discs, on the bottom part are 5 wooden discs. For operation details see Cat. no 87

The “Standard Desk Calcumeter” consisting of metal rectangular body with six dials and a reset button. Two legs are used to stand Calcumeter at a convenient angle for manipulation..

“Loga” circular slide rule with round zipped maroon brown leather case. 87.1 = slide rule. 87.2 = leather case.

Red covered stapled small paperback book on the Abacus. Relevent to the ABACUS cat. no. 85

Aristo-Scholar VS-2 linear slide rule

ARISTO STUDIOLOG ARISTO 0969 linear slide rule (see below in “history of object”

Linear slide rule made of wood with glass slide encased in metal.

“FULLER CALCULATOR” : a wooden cylindrical slide rule(92.1) with spiral logarithmic scale 500 inches long. and specially made rectangular box (92.2) and pamphlet (92.3).

White Castell rectangular slide rule (270.1) stored in clear plastic Faber Castell case (270.2).

Plastic white rectangular Castell slide rule (271.1) stored in green lined rectangular case (271.2).

White & Gillespie “Dualface” comprehesive slide rule Model 432 In original cloth covered case

ODHNER/BRUNSVIGA TYPE keys: 10 x 8 x 13 [donated by Jack McDonell (6 Mar 1997) who salvaged it when being discarded from UniMelb Physics III Labs in the 1950s. same as 289/M13

ODHNER/BRUNSVIGA TYPE MULTO model 13or 113 keys: 10 x 8 x 13 same as F288/M1

Double machine, each half similar to M1. keys: 10x8 :10x8

A Brunsviga twin-system with keys 10x10x20 and 12x20.

S.C.M. HAMANN Mechanical Type 505 Ser. no. 501354 Donated by Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research keys: 9 x 8 x 16 ELECTRICAL!

Sheet of operating instructions which mentions that O. Steiger is the Patentee. On separate stand about 600mms high Plaque: ‘Sole Agents for Australia / Peacock Bros. PtyLtd / Business Systems / Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth’

Plaque: ‘Hans W Egli/Ingenieur / Fabrikation von flechenmashinen [sic; ?] / Pat. O, Steiger / Zurich II / No 2566. Sole Agents for Australia / Peacock Bros./ Business Systems Company / 558 , 560, 562 Collins St., Melbourne / and at / Sydney, Adelaide, Perth’ Plaque: ‘Presented to . / Department of Information Science / Melbourne University / by the / Gas & Fuel Corporation of Victoria / This calculating machine was used by Engineers of the Metropolitan Gas Co and Gas & Fuel Corporation / from 1917 to 1970’

Plaque: Made by Atvidaberg - FACIT / Sweden keys: 8 x 13 x 13

KEYS: 13 x 8 x 13

keys: 16 x 9 x 16 Plaque: ‘Sydney Pincombe Pty Ltd, Sole Australian Agents Made by ....FACIT/ Sweden/ same as M11

Keys: 10 x 19 x 10 Plaque: Made by Aktiebolaget FACIT/ ATVIDABERG / SWEDEN’ Black enamel, painted “V”; good working ordeer

Keys: 16 x 9 x 16 ( A note states: ‘Possibly Model No LX (1945) See Sabielmy’s book (1939) Plaque: (See 297/M9 ....Sydney Pincombe ...)

Keys: 13 x 16

Keys: 10 x 11 x 20 ELECTRICAL!