Powers Tabulating Machine Component

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Powers Accounting Machine Corporation
Description
This very small section of a Powers tabulating machine comes from the adding machine part of the device. It consists of two shaped metal pieces held together by a rivet such that one swings freely. It has no maker’s marks.
Reference:
Powers Accounting Machine Corporation, Powers Tabulating Equipment, Book 3, New York: Powers Accounting Machine Corporation, 1923, Plate 507, Plate 607 (AM Sec 150). This document is 1992.3215.03.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Thor Dockweiler
1920s
ID Number
1991.3180.01
nonaccession number
1991.3180
catalog number
1991.3180.01
Object Name
tabulating machine component
Physical Description
steel (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 1.2 cm x 12.4 cm x 2 cm; 15/32 in x 4 7/8 in x 25/32 in
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Computers & Business Machines
Tabulating Equipment
National Museum of American History
web subject
Mathematics
Record ID
nmah_690181
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-17ad-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Powers Tabulating Machine Component
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