Object Details
patentee
Kesling, Elmer G.
Description
This white plastic stylus-operated non-printing adding machine has four adjacent wheels for entering numbers. It adds and subtracts. The machine comes with a white plastic stylus, a blue and clear plastic case, and a leaflet of instructions. It is marked on the back: KESLING POCKET ADDER (/) ST. LOUIS, MO. (/) PAT. NO. 2,450,668 (/) PAT. PENDING (/) MADE IN U.S.A. It is marked on the front: KES-ADD. Distributed by Hart Vance Company, St. Louis, Missouri.
Reference:
Elmer G. Kesling, “Calculator,” U.S. Patent 2,450,668, March 11, 1952.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Robert K. Otnes
date made
1948
ID Number
1994.0240.01
accession number
1994.0240
catalog number
1994.0240.01
Object Name
adding machine
Other Terms
adding machine; Stylus Operated, Non-Listing
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
Measurements
overall: .1 cm x 13.7 cm x 5 cm; 1/32 in x 5 13/32 in x 1 31/32 in
place made
United States: Missouri, St. Louis
place patented
United States: Missouri, Bloomfield
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_690298