No it is not. The Curta operates on the stepped drum principals first introduced by Leibnitz. You can read more on this on the internet and a bit on my website here: www.my-time-machines.net/other_horological_examples.htm, also a video succinctly shows how the Curta works here: ua-cam.com/video/loI1Kwed8Pk/v-deo.html.
Fantastic!
Just like pinning an Abloy!
I this a similar principle of operation to the Curta calculator?
No it is not. The Curta operates on the stepped drum principals first introduced by Leibnitz. You can read more on this on the internet and a bit on my website here: www.my-time-machines.net/other_horological_examples.htm, also a video succinctly shows how the Curta works here: ua-cam.com/video/loI1Kwed8Pk/v-deo.html.