Slide calculator

An Addiator Duplex, featuring an addition side
Picture of Addiator
Addition + subtraction, single window
Picture showing result of 5 − 8 = −3
Negative value handling in complementary window
Two types of Addiators

A slide calculator, also known as an Addiator after the best-known brand, is a mechanical calculator capable of addition and subtraction, once made by Addiator Gesellschaft of Berlin, Germany. Variants of it were manufactured from 1920 until 1982. The devices were made obsolete by the electronic calculator.