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At home, in school and at work we learn by reading as well as by doing. Instructional books and tools engage the user’s eyes, mind, and hands. 

We love this circa 1865 promotional give-away for the Shaw & Clark Sewing Machine Company, which can be used as a calculator. 

Come see this in person as part of our current exhibition, The Living Book : New Perspectives on Form and Function, free and open to the public through January 5, 2018. 

Rotary multiplication table. [Biddeford, Me. : Otis T. Garey, 1865?]. 1 calculator ; 14 x 14 cm.

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