Object Details
maker
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Description
This full-keyboard manually operated printing adding machine has a metal frame painted black, a metal mechanism and handle, a green felt keyboard, and a glass front. There are six columns of number keys, with nine keys in each column. Some plastic key covers are missing. There are non-add, subtotal, and total keys. The sum appears on number wheels visible through the glass front of the machine and prints on a 2-1/2 inch paper tape at the back which is not visible. The machine is marked on the front: BURROUGHS (/) DETROIT, MICHIGAN. It is also marked there: No.6-157907.
Alfred Harrell, the donor of the machine, was a Smithsonian photographer.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Al Harrell
date made
1912
ID Number
1981.0368.01
accession number
1981.0368
catalog number
1981.0368.01
Object Name
adding machine
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
metal (overall material)
wood (overall material)
glass (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 31.5 cm x 23.5 cm x 39 cm; 12 13/32 in x 9 1/4 in x 15 11/32 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_690204