Book

Museum number:
9-13657
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090013657
Accession number:
Acc.3314
Description:
Abacus manual: “the Fundamental Operations in Bead Arithmetic”; picture of a Chinese teacher and three students using the abacus on the front cover; instruction on how to use the abacus
Donor:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Hong Kong
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Books
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Book, accession number 9-13657, described as Abacus manual: “the Fundamental Operations in Bead Arithmetic”; picture of a Chinese teacher and three students using the abacus on the front cover; instruction on how to use the abacusHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Book, accession number 9-13657, described as Abacus manual: “the Fundamental Operations in Bead Arithmetic”; picture of a Chinese teacher and three students using the abacus on the front cover; instruction on how to use the abacus
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Book, accession number 9-13657, described as Abacus manual: “the Fundamental Operations in Bead Arithmetic”; picture of a Chinese teacher and three students using the abacus on the front cover; instruction on how to use the abacus

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