Adding machine

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OBJECT TYPE: MECHANICAL
DATE: 1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1981.0180.001

MANUFACTURER: Burroughs Machines Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Windsor, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: B47075
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASE/ SYNTHETIC LEVER HANDLE AND KNOB/ SYNTHETIC KEYS/ RUBBER FEET/ BROWN SYNTHETIC DUST COVER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 22.4 cm
Width: 23.0 cm
Height: 33.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Mathematics
Category: Calculating devices
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Burroughs
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Windsor

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: FROM LATE 1920'S & EARLY 1930'S
Canada: USED BY A.A. DEMARAIS, PRES. & OWNER OF TRIUMPH CONTINENTAL (SHIPPING CO. ON THE ST. LAWRENCE) AND GRANDFATHER OF LIAM D. WHO BROUGHT THE INSTRUMENT IN
Function: ADDS & SUBTRACTS ONLY, WITH RESULTS ON PAPER STRIP
Technical: GOOD WORKING EXAMPLE OF VERY BASIC ADDING MACHINE
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: SMALL PLATE WITH MFR'S NAME IN RAISED SILVER LETTERING ON FRONT/ MFR'S PLATE ON BACK/ SMALL, CIRCULAR PLATE WITH SILVER 'B' ON RED GROUND ATTACHED TO FRONT/ BROWN AND CREAM COLOURED LETTERING ON KEYS/ COMPLETE WITH ROLL OF PAPER AND DUST COVER
Missing: small flat clip that holds the paper roll in place: it fits over the paper roll rod and the tab end slots into a hole at the front of the paper roll compartment.
Finish: BROWN WRINKLE PAINT/ BROWN HANDLE AND KNOB/ BROWN AND CREAM COLOURED KEYS
Decoration: N/A

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Burroughs Machines Ltd., Adding machine, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1981.0180, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0180.001/

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