Object Details
- Burroughs Adding Machine Company
- Description
- This full-keyboard printing electric adding machine has a tan metal case and plastic keys. The keyboard includes (going from left to right):
- 1. A column of 12 keys labeled with three-letter abbreviations for the months of the year.
- 2. Two columns of digit keys, each having the digits from 1 to 9.
- 3. One column of nine keys with abbreviations for various financial transactions such as BAL, J/E, C/R, and P/J.
- 4. Nine columns of digit keys, each having the digits from 1 to 9.
- 5. Two columns of function keys and bars.
- The printing mechanisms are at the back of the machine. Nine of the fifteen type bars print the result. The other six indicate dates and special characters.
- The machine is marked on the back: Burroughs. A red paper tag attached to it reads: PATENT DEPT. (/) 338. A small metal tag attached to the back reads: SERIES P (/) BURROUGHS CORPORATION. . . . The machine is marked on the front in pencil: Transfer totals. A metal tag attached to the object reads: DONATED TO (/) The Smithsonian Institution (/) by (/) Burroughs Corporation.
- The Burroughs Series P was introduced in 1950.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Burroughs Corporation
- ca 1950
- ID Number
- 1982.0794.86
- catalog number
- 1982.0794.86
- accession number
- 1982.0794
- Object Name
- adding machine
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 22.1 cm x 32 cm x 47.5 cm; 8 11/16 in x 12 19/32 in x 18 11/16 in
- place made
- United States: Michigan, Detroit
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Adding Machines
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Record ID
- nmah_694216
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-46f3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
