Calculator to the development of electronic calculators. The Casio Computer Company, in Japan, released the Model "14-A" calculator in 1957, which was the world's first all-electric (relatively) compact calculator. It did not use electronic logic but was based on relay technology, and was built into a desk. In October 1961, the world's first "all-electronic desktop" calculator, the British Bell Punch/Sumlock Comptometer ANITA (A New Inspiration To Arithmetic/Accounting) was announced. This machine used vacuum tubes, cold-cathode tubes and Dekatrons in its circuits, with 12 cold-cathode "Nixie" tubes for its display. Two models were displayed, the Mk VII for continental Europe and the
Crescent Electric Supply Co. Crescent Electric Supply Co. Crescent Electric Supply Company is an American electrical hardware supplier. It was founded in 1919 in Dubuque, Iowa, but is currently headquartered in East Dubuque, Illinois. One of the largest companies of its kind, Crescent Electric Supply was ranked by "Forbes" as the 435th largest privately held company in the United States in 2008. Electric contractor Titus B. Schmid founded Crescent Electric Supply in Dubuque, Iowa, in April 1919. Schmid believed that he could deliver goods through the river from St. Louis or Minneapolis to Dubuque faster then existing electronics manufacturers. A 1957 article in "BusinessWeek"