General Information

Serial #

151618

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING, WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC KEYS, HANDLES, PARTS/ WOOD HANDLE GRIP/ PAPER ROLL/ RUBBER PLATEN & FEET?/ METAL FRAME/ SYNTHETIC COVER

Dimensions

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

Length

59.5 cm

Width

49.0 cm

Height

103.0 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

Dalton

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Ohio

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

Unknown

Canada

ACCORDING TO DONOR, CALCULATOR WAS USED AT SUNLIFE INSURANCE IN MONTREAL. DALTON HAD CANADIAN DISTRIBUTOR, DALTON CO. OF CANADA, IN MONTREAL & OTTAWA.

Function

A CALCULATING DEVICE WHICH PERFORMS ADDITION, SUBTRACTION, & MULTIPLICATION

Technical

ALTHOUGHRECORDING ADDING MACHINES OF TEN-KEY TYPE (ONE KEY FOR EACH DIGIT) WERE DESIGNED BY SEVERAL INVENTORS IN 1890'S, FIRST SUCCESSFUL MANUFACTURE WAS IN 1902 WHEN DALTON BEGAN PRODUCING DESIGN BY HUBERT HOPKINS. IN 1927 DALTON BECAME PART OF NEWLY FORMED REMINGTON RAND CORP., WHICH PRODUCED OFFICE EQUIPMENT.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

GOLD PAINTED LETTERING ON BACK READS 'Dalton [SCRIPT]/ ADDING-CALCULATING MACHINE/ PATENTED' & ON FRONT 'DALTON [SCRIPT]/ [ILLEGIBLE CITY NAME], OHIO'/ PLATE INCISED 'NO 151618'/ GOLD 'ROYAL/ MADE IN U.S.A.' ON COVER/ BLACK OR WHITE? LETTERING ON KEYS

Missing

COVER MAY NOT BE ORIGINAL

Finish

BLACK ENAMEL-PAINTED CASING, HANDLE GRIP, PARTS/ PLATED PARTS/ BLACK & WHITE KEYS, BLACK SYNTHETIC PARTS, FEET, COVER/ DARK BROWN PAINTED STAND WITH SIMULATED WOOD GRAIN PAINTED TABLE

Decoration

N/A