Burroughs Class 4 Adding Machine Section
date: label: date made
content: ca 1912
name: label: maker
content: Burroughs Adding Machine Company
notes: label: Description
content: This section of a Burroughs Class 4 adding machine has a metal mechanism with a black metal case and handle, a black wooden knob on the handle, and a dark brown wooden base with a felt bottom. The case is open on one side. Thesingle column of black plastic keys has keys numbered 1 to 9. Also part of the model are a white repeat key, part of a carriage, a paper tape holder, two numeral wheels at the front, and a metal handle.
label: Description
content: The model has a metal support that attaches to a wooden base. This is model #243 from the Patent Division of Burroughs Corporation. The Burroughs Class 4 was introduced in 1912.
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: 1982.0794.53
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0794.53
label: accession number
content: 1982.0794
objectType: label: Object Name
content: adding machine section
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: felt (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 46 cm x 50 cm x 21.6 cm; 18 1/8 in x 19 11/16 in x 8 1/2 in