Object Details
maker
Reybaud, E.
Description
By the 1920s, companies in the United States, Germany, and France manufactured inexpensive notched band adders. A firm in Marseille, France, under the direction of engineer E. Reybaud, sold this device from 1922 until at least 1930. This example was from the collection of L. Leland Locke.
The metal adder and stylus fit into a red paper container. The adder has nine columns of digits and a zeroing bar at the top. Instructions indicate that the device came in two models that sold for 25 and 40 francs. This was sufficiently inexpensive that every member of a commercial firm could have such an adder.
Reference: “The Register,” Typewriter Topics, vol. 76 (September 1930), p.14.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of L. Leland Locke
date made
ca 1925
ID Number
MA.155183.25
catalog number
155183.25
accession number
155183
Object Name
adder
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
metal (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 1.5 cm x 9.5 cm x 16.4 cm; 19/32 in x 3 3/4 in x 6 15/32 in
place made
France: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Marseilles
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Science & Mathematics
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_690237