Re: Rally gear...

["David R. Conrad" <conrad1@gte.net>]

Gordon Glasgow wrote:
> 
> The Curta was a very interesting mechanical calculator. It was cylindrical
> with a hand-crank on one end. I think it was also referred to as a
> "coffee-grinder" calculator. I've seen them but never used one.

I have also heard that it was the thing behind the term, "cranking out
calculations".

Aloha, Dave