How the CURTA Works

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The CURTA calculator is a marvel of engineering and a favorite of collectors. This video describes in detail how the CURTA Type I calculator works. (The operating principles of all the CURTA models are the same as for the Type I.) This video was created using the YACS CURTA simulator, which you can play with at satadorus.eu/x_ite/yacs_2_0/y...

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@sickleandsuckle 8 жыл бұрын

I can't believe this was designed without CAD....the guy must have been a genius!

@CharAznableLoNZ 8 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful piece of engineering.

@MartKencuda 10 жыл бұрын

This was very interesting. I'm amazed at how simple, yet complicated, this device is. I can tell a lot of work went into this video and I really appreciate it.

@leleedler 7 жыл бұрын

I recently found one of these jems sitting in the garbage near where I work. I was throwing away the rest of my lunch when I recognized a similar little black cylinder. I still don't know why it would be there but, I am not complaining, I now own something I always dreamed to own.

@econoroller 8 жыл бұрын

The Rolex of calculators :)

@Thaddeus3rd 7 жыл бұрын

My hat is off to this gentleman who created such a work of mechanical beauty and functionality. And I tip my brim to you sir for sharing and explaining this masterpiece in such clarity. Thank you.

@mcmh9523 9 жыл бұрын

Such an elegant piece of engineering.

@SCHMULBACH22 7 жыл бұрын

I love the combination of engineering and math behind this. I doubt most the students at my engineering school could come even close designing a mechanical calculator like this with our current resources (including me!)

@jstoll56 10 жыл бұрын

I live in Mauren, where the Curta was produced. Sadly the company has closed down many years ago, the factory buildings have been totally removed recently.

@gafisher001 9 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fascinating, a pinnacle work from an age which has passed. We used these in auto (Rallye) racing in the 1960s; in many ways what was in the navigator's hands was just as important - and possibly as complex - as what was under the hood. Sadly, I included my Curta in the deal when I sold my TR-3.

@danielpalomo6753 8 жыл бұрын

Well, this explanation used the simulator CG to great advantage. This is the closest I have come to actually understanding the mechanism. Thanks for this brilliant explanation!

@kingzfan2000 7 жыл бұрын

how the hell can anyone be smart enough to invent something like this without computers

@XouZ88 9 жыл бұрын

I have always been much more fascinated about mechanical devices, it always looks so much cooler than a chip card.

@syntheticelementvids 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing video, the man who designed this without a computer was a genius.

@Antebellum1860 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you. A super video with a super narration. I fell in love with the Curta the first time I saw it advertised in Scientific American. Unfortunately being a teenager with no disposable income and my parents with low disposable income, the Curta was my first unrequited love.

@CH3LS3A 7 жыл бұрын

I'd love to have this... just spending hours playing with this would be a dream

@killerbeenl83 9 жыл бұрын

If you take this apart without knowing how it works your screwed big time.

@SimpsonDG 8 жыл бұрын

+killerbeenl It used to be said that you paid for a Curta calculator twice: once when you first bought it, and a second time when you had to send it back to the manufacturer for re-assembly after taking it apart to see how it works. Apparently LOTS of people took them apart, and had to send them back to the factory for re-assembly.

@BobofWOGGLE 8 жыл бұрын

+David Simpson Really can't blame them for that. Fitting such an effective mechanical calculator in such a small package is truly amazing. Anybody'd be curious to see how it works.

@carbonie_fibraro 9 жыл бұрын

What beautiful mechanics, the inventors visualization abilities must have been incredible. Also, great job on the video, very well done!

@StoneyMcFish 9 жыл бұрын

Amazing! I love these old-school mechanical devices.

@xxledbettaxx 9 жыл бұрын

Seeing the Curta reminds me of the Antikythera device. I imagine some distant civilization finding one of these and what they would think.

@pd10642 8 жыл бұрын

This is a most wonderful presentation of this fascinating machine; you truly must have a deep love for the aesthetics of it!

@pev_ 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you! What an incredible device, and incredibly well made video!

@YouTubist666 9 жыл бұрын

Beautifully done video for a beautifully engineered device.

@DPedroBoh 9 жыл бұрын

Amazing video for an amazing device. Seriously, great work.

@divyajnana 9 жыл бұрын

great video using a fantastic digital model to explain how piece of mechanical genius works. Thanks you.

@petersoshow 8 жыл бұрын

Great work and very well illustrated! Thanks for sharing!

@jeremyclayton-travis1991 7 жыл бұрын

I am totally taken aback by this device. I think I understood some of it but the maths at the beginning didn't help me as I didn't understand any of it but I loved the video. I do have 2 of these machines.

@laxpors 7 жыл бұрын

I actually understand how it works now! Thanks!

@Lun072 9 жыл бұрын

This is called some serious mechanical engineering!

@llewellynpatrick160 8 жыл бұрын

An excellent explanation of the device - thank you.

@tjejojyj 7 жыл бұрын

That was elegant and easy to easy to follow; just like the Curta perhaps? You got my subscription.

@j.thorgard 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, this felt as easy to understand as possible.

@mattgreenosu 7 жыл бұрын

Very nice explanation.

@BGroothedde 9 жыл бұрын

Beautiful video, amazing.

@CuriousMarc 9 жыл бұрын

Beautifully done.

@ramonrivero 8 жыл бұрын

Amazing work congrats!!!

@splortz 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your wonderful explanatory video.

@andrelewis3942 9 жыл бұрын

Fantastic explanation, Thanks!

@nimishdwarakanath3483 8 жыл бұрын

Amazing animation, Thanks :)

@fiveseven808 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the amazingly informative video!!!

@theoreticalbear3806 8 жыл бұрын

Mind. Blown.

@zxcv338 7 жыл бұрын

A great visual for how math works

@Eggsr2bcrushed 7 жыл бұрын

forget designing it, I wanna know how they made it with 1940's tech. no CNC machines back then.

@thejumperkin 9 жыл бұрын

A Fantastic video describing a fantastic machine. I wish I could buy one right now..

@SimpsonDG 8 жыл бұрын

+thejumperkin You can. They're on eBay, typically around US$1000.

@digerttm 8 жыл бұрын

Ok, this is really cool.

@davidthegreen 8 жыл бұрын

Incredible.

@jimminilsson5182 7 жыл бұрын

Fantastisk teknisk film beskrivelse, super.

@wktodd 9 жыл бұрын

Excellent Thankyou :-)

@felrickson 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent

@frolland1 9 жыл бұрын

Sensational!

@stephenlastname4706 9 жыл бұрын

/drool

@jijzer4581 9 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful piece does it needs a virus scanner :-)

@mundolukas 7 жыл бұрын

For those who wonder how the creator managed to develop this complicated device.... People had MUCH more free time back then, also there were much less distractions.