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An [?]18th-Century circular ivory calculator,
unsigned, comprising two discs revolving against one another, the upper with graduations stamped on the side A, 12, 2-9, 1, turning against the edge of the lower disc graduated identically, but marked B, the upper surface of the instrument numbered around the outside in fractions 1/16-1, with eigths and quarters where appropriate, an inner band numbered from in 6¼ divisions up to 100, the underside of the instrument numbered 1-12 around the outside, numbered around the inside in 8 5/16 divisions up to 100, the two halves connected by and revolving around a brass screw -- 2in. (5.1cm.) diameter
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unsigned, comprising two discs revolving against one another, the upper with graduations stamped on the side A, 12, 2-9, 1, turning against the edge of the lower disc graduated identically, but marked B, the upper surface of the instrument numbered around the outside in fractions 1/16-1, with eigths and quarters where appropriate, an inner band numbered from in 6¼ divisions up to 100, the underside of the instrument numbered 1-12 around the outside, numbered around the inside in 8 5/16 divisions up to 100, the two halves connected by and revolving around a brass screw -- 2in. (5.1cm.) diameter
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