http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/on10/2/9/3/2/2/GeedGadgets_small_on10.jpg Did Geeks exist in the 19th Century? They sure did. Did they have Geek gadgets. Oh, yes they did! Telephones, typewriters, calculators: all blossomed through the 19th Century. The screen capture is of a unique device called a Curta Calculator. Invented by Curt Herzstark, a survivor of Buchenwald, it looks like a pepper-grinder but is in fact a small calculator. In this episode of The Geek Stories, see Matthew Connell, Curator of Mathematics and Computing at Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum, give a quick snoop through their secret storage area. en Sat, 25 May 2013 06:00:38 GMT Sat, 25 May 2013 06:00:38 GMT Rev9