General Information

Serial #

G 334817

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING, FRAME, MECHANICAL PARTS/ GLASS SIDES & FRONT/ SYNTHETIC KEYS, KEYBOARD, POWER CORD, PARTS/ WOOD TABLE

Dimensions

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

Length

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Width

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Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Mathematics

Category

Calculating devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Burroughs

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Michigan

City

Detroit

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1930'S-1950'S

Canada

AMERICAN MADE POSTING MACHINE USED BY CANADAIN UTILITY COMPANY FROM CA. 1929 TO EARLY 1960'S. DONOR PURCHASED IT FROM BURROUGHS OFFICE AS RECONDITIONED UNIT CA. 1965 BUT NEVER USED IT.

Function

MACHINE USED TO PERFORM BOOKKEEPING FUNCTIONS IN OFFICE, BANK ETC.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF EARLY OFFICE AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY, HERE USED FOR BOOKKEEPING FUNCTIONS. IN THIS MACHINE, MANUAL ENTRY/CALCULATION OF STATEMENTS, A MORE LENGTHY PROCESS, HAS BEEN ELIMINATED. SIMILAR MACHINES WERE USED IN BANKS TO MAINTAIN ACCOUNT RECORDS ON PAPER &RECORD SHEETS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

GOLD LETTERING ON GLASS FRONT READS "Burroughs/ THIS MACHINE PROTECTED BY U.S. AND FOREIGN PATENTS"/ INCISED LETTERING ON METAL PLATE ON FRONT READS "G 334817"/ PLATE ON MOTOR READS "BURROUGHS ADDING MACHINE CO./ DETROIT, MICH., U.S.A./ NO 58163/ SPEED 1200/ AMP 1.2/ H.P. 1/8/ VOLTS 110/ ALTERNATING CURRENT" WITH PATENT INFO.

Missing

SIDE GLASS BROKEN & MISSING, BURROUGHS REPLACEMENT GLASS PROVIDED WITH MACHINE

Finish

STAND, CASING & PARTS PAINTED GLOSSY BLACK/ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS/ BLACK, WHITE, PALE RED, YELLOW KEYS/ GREEN KEYBOARD/ PLATED & METALLIC PARTS/ BLACK POWER CORD/ BROWN STAINED WOOD

Decoration

BEVELLED GLASS FRONT & SIDE PANELS