Curta

Landing pad — the HUGE deep dive comes next. This volume currently outlines scope. Photo-heavy.

1.1 History

(To author: Curt Herzstark, the Buchenwald story, Contina AG, production 1947–1972.)

1.2 Models & variants

(To author: Type I (8/6/11) vs Type II (11/8/15) — capacity, size, differences.)

1.3 How it works

(To author: the stepped-drum / complement mechanism, the crank, carriage, clearing.)

1.4 Cutaway & sales-display models

(To author: factory cutaways, dealer demonstration units.)

1.5 Collecting & values

(To author: serial ranges, condition, current market, fakes/repros.)

1.6 Related elsewhere

• Slide Rules (related analog-calculation instruments).