Burroughs Flowcharting Template
date: label: date made
content: ca 1965
name: label: maker
content: Burroughs Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This clear plastic flowcharting template has over thirty symbols cut out of it. Scales relating to the design of punch cards are on the left side and the bottom, a scale of inches divided to tenths is at the top, and scales of sixths and eighths of inches are on the right edge. A paper envelope explains the symbols. A mark on the object reads: B. The logo is one that Burroughs Corporation first used in commerce in 1947 and registered in 1969. Another mark reads: THE FLOWCHART TEMPLATE CONTAINED IN THIS ENVELOPE 9/0 IS A SERVICE OF BURROUGHS CORPORATION. . . . Another mark on the envelope mentions Burroughs computers E103, B205, B220, B260, B270, B251, and B5000. This combination of products dates the template to roughly 1965.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Flowcharting Templates
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sherman L. and Marjorie A. Naidorf
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0055.14
label: accession number
content: 2005.0055
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0055.14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Logic Template
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 cm x 24.5 cm x 13.3 cm; 1/32 in x 9 21/32 in x 5 1/4 in