Object Details
Description
This small stylus-operated non-printing adding machine has seven brass wheels and a steel frame painted black. Seven windows above the wheels reveal the result. The back is covered with green felt. The machine is marked on the front: -THE- (/) SMALLWOOD (/) CALCULATOR (/) OAKLAND (/) CAL. The front of the case is marked: -THE- (/) SMALLWOOD CALCULATOR (/) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA (/) Patented Feb. 23rd 1926. The machine fits in a wooden stand, which also has a slot for the stylus. The stand has four rubber feet. The entire instrument fits in a black cardboard cover. The stylus is silver-colored metal, with a blue plastic end piece.
Compare to The Calculator (1986.0542.01).
Reference:
Russell W. Hook, “Adding Machine,” U.S. Patent 1,574,249, February 23, 1926.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Naomi Piekarski
date made
1926
ID Number
MA.336184
accession number
1977.0688
catalog number
336184
Object Name
adding machine
Physical Description
cardboard (overall material)
steel (overall material)
brass (overal material)
wood (overall material)
felt (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 7 cm x 33.4 cm x 9.4 cm; 2 3/4 in x 13 5/32 in x 3 11/16 in
place made
United States: California, Oakland
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_690284