Burroughs Series P Belt Drive Parts
date: label: date made
content: ca 1950
name: label: maker
content: Burroughs Adding Machine Company
notes: label: Description
content: This adding machine model from the Patent Division of Burroughs Corporation consists of ten gray metal pieces. The largest piece is a frame for a machine which has the dimensions given. In addition, there are two long springs, two shafts, one toothed wheel, one shaft with cams, two pieces that pivot, and one long shaped piece. These nine pieces were held together by a string which was replaced. The parts are said to relate to the belt drive for the Burroughs Series P.
label: Description
content: A red tag attached to the model reads: PATENT DEPT. (/) #219 . With 1982.0794.42, this is model #219 from the Patent Division of Burroughs Corporation.
label: Description
content: The Burroughs Series P was introduced in 1949, and this machine presumably dates from about that time.
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: 1982.0794.43
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0794.43
label: accession number
content: 1982.0794
objectType: label: Object Name
content: adding machine model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 cm x 7.7 cm x 23.2 cm; 1/32 in x 3 1/32 in x 9 1/8 in