Accounting machine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- POSTING
- DATE
- 1929
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0279.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Burroughs Adding Machine Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
More Information
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
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- 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
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Burroughs Adding Machine Co., Accounting machine, circa 1929, Artifact no. 1998.0279, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0279.001/
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