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Calculating advice, Baffled by your pocket calculators? Here's a primer on how to use those strange keys on your modern-day abacus
Calculating advice, Baffled by your pocket calculators? Here's a primer on how to use those strange keys on your modern-day abacus

Calculating advice, Baffled by your pocket calculators? Here's a primer on how to use those strange keys on your modern-day abacus

Date11/18/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Calculating advice, Baffled by your pocket calculators? Here's a primer on how to use those strange keys on your modern-day abacus.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0005816F
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