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- OBJECT TYPE
- TYPE-BAR/UP-STROKE/ELECTRIC
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1983.0334.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Burroughs Adding Machine Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL BODY & WORKING PARTS/ RUBBER (?) PLATEN & KNOBS/ SYNTHETIC KEYS, SPACE BAR, PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 50.0 cm
- Width
- 35.0 cm
- Height
- 26.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Typesetting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Burroughs
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Michigan
- City
- Detroit
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO MECHANICALLY PRINT LETTERS, NUMBERS AND SELECTED SYMBOLS ON A SINGLE SHEET OF PAPER, RAPIDLY & UNIFORMLY. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'Burroughs' IN GOLD LETTERING ON BACK & 2 PLACES ON FRONT/ WHITE SYMBOLS ON KEYS/ GOLD LETTERING ON BACK READING 'BURROUGHS ADDING MACHINE COMPANY, DETROIT, MICHIGAN/ MADE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'/ PLATE READING 'DIRECT-ALTERNATING/ VOLTS 85-125/ CYCLES 25-100/ TYPE 5/ H.P. 1/30'
- Missing
- From CA of 12/15/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- PAINTED BLACK ENAMEL & BLACK WRINKLE FINISH ON BODY/ CHROME-LIKE PLATED METAL PARTS/ BLACK PLATEN, SPACE BAR, POWER CORD/ GREEN & BLACK KEYS WITH CLEAR SYNTHETIC CAPS/ BROWN KNOBS/ BLACK & GREY PAINTED SCALE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Burroughs Adding Machine Co., Typewriter, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1983.0334, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1983.0334.001/
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