Cultural Foundation of the Länder - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 2002 - 56 Euro Cent
Theme: Devices, Items & Instruments
Country | Germany / Federal Republic of Germany |
Issue Date | 2002 |
Face Value | 56.00 |
Perforation | K 14 |
Printing Type | offset |
Stamp Type | Postage stamp |
Item Type | Stamp |
Chronological Issue Number | 2116 |
Chronological Chapter | GER-BRD |
SID | 982230 |
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Founded on 4 June 1987, the Cultural Foundation of the Länder is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of art and culture of national importance. The calculator by Johann Christoph Schuster (1759-1823) was built from 1820 to 1822 in Ansbach. It consists of 1,025 handmade items and is the last artisan-made machine of its kind. The calculator driven by a hand crank can perform the four basic arithmetic automatically. The existence of this specimen was unknown until 1993 and its discovery a small sensation. The restored and now functional machine has been on display at the Arithmeum Science Museum in Bonn since 1999.