Object Details
- Burroughs Adding Machine Company
- Description
- This is a full- keyboard printing manual adding machine. It has a black metal frame, a metal mechanism, glass sides, and a metal handle with a wooden knob. Each of the six columns of black and white plastic number keys has a red key at the top. The repeat and error keys are right of the number keys. The subtotal and total keys are to the left. There is no paper tape. The printing mechanism and paper tape are not visible to the operator. A collapsible metal stand is attached to the left side of the machine. The overall dimensions with the stand up are: 49 cm. w. x 37 cm. d. x 32.9 cm. h.
- The machine is marked at the bottom of the front: STYLE No. 7. It is marked on a metal tag below this: No 7-66878. According to the donor, this machine was used in a grocery store in Hopewell, Virginia, in 1917 or earlier.
- Reference:
- Accession file.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Helen S. Levine
- 1906-1907
- ID Number
- 1987.0670.01
- catalog number
- 1987.0670.01
- accession number
- 1987.0670
- Object Name
- adding machine
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 32.9 cm x 26.5 cm x 37 cm; 12 15/16 in x 10 7/16 in x 14 9/16 in
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- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Adding Machines
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Record ID
- nmah_690656
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-0e65-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
