Burroughs Simplex P601
date: label: date made
content: 1950-1960
name: label: maker
content: Burroughs Adding Machine Company
notes: label: Description
content: This full-keyboard printing adding machine has a gray metal case and the following columns of square tan and brown keys starting from the left:
label: Description
content: 1. column of 12 month keys
label: Description
content: 2. two columns of number keys, ranging from 1 to 9
label: Description
content: 3. column of keys with abbreviated financial terms
label: Description
content: 4. nine columns of number keys, each column ranging from 1 to 9.
label: Description
content: 5. two columns of function keys.
label: Description
content: The carriage and electrical cord are missing. The 14 type bars include one for months, two for digits, one for the type of transaction, nine for the result, and one for special characters (indicating sum, subtotal, etc.)
label: Description
content: A red tag attached to the object reads: PATENT DEPT. (/) #263. The machine is marked across the front above the keyboard: Burroughs. It is marked on the bottom: A7075. It is marked on the back on the inside of the case: 397.
label: Description
content: This object was model #263 in the collection of the Patent Division of Burroughs Corporation.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan, Detroit
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Adding Machines
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Burroughs Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0794.64
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0794.64
label: accession number
content: 1982.0794
objectType: label: Object Name
content: adding machine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23.3 cm x 31 cm x 46 cm; 9 3/16 in x 12 7/32 in x 18 1/8 in