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Title: Calculator [Go to resource]
Description: This is a Chinese abacus, or calculating machine. A skilled operator carries out mathematical calculations by sliding the wooden balls along the rods. This abacus was probably made in the 1700s and has been in Newcastle since the 1820s. License: http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ Rights holder: Tyne & Wear Museums Subjects: beyond the North East
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