Powers Tabulating Machine Component

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Powers Tabulating Machine Component
Powers Tabulating Machine Component
Powers Tabulating Machine Component

Object Details

maker

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

date made

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

Data Source

National Museum of American History

web subject

Mathematics

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-17ad-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_690181