Object Details
maker
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Description
This full-keyboard printing electric adding machine adds numbers with as many as 13 digits and prints 13-digit results. It is tan and brown and has 13 columns of square plastic digit keys, with nine keys in each column. There also are five function keys and bars labeled “+” and “-”. The sides, front, and back of the case are missing. A narrow printing mechanism at the top of the machine has a ribbon and paper tape. It has 15 type bars. The first two print special characters and the rest print digits.
The machine is marked: Burroughs P 402 Elec. (/) A9103-20 (/) Date-Count-Normal (/) Rack #E Shelf 2. It is model #282 from the collection of the Patent Division of Burroughs Corporation.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Burroughs Corporation
date made
ca 1950
ID Number
1982.0794.74
catalog number
1982.0794.74
accession number
1982.0794
Object Name
adding machine
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
metal (overall material)
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 26.5 cm x 32 cm x 39.5 cm; 10 7/16 in x 12 19/32 in x 15 9/16 in
place made
United States: Michigan, Detroit
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_694215