Burroughs Adding Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1950
name: label: maker
content: Burroughs Adding Machine Company
notes: label: Description
content: This full-keyboard printing electric adding machine has a tan metal case and plastic keys. The keyboard includes (going from left to right):
label: Description
content: 1. A column of 12 keys labeled with three-letter abbreviations for the months of the year.
label: Description
content: 2. Two columns of digit keys, each having the digits from 1 to 9.
label: Description
content: 3. One column of nine keys with abbreviations for various financial transactions such as BAL, J/E, C/R, and P/J.
label: Description
content: 4. Nine columns of digit keys, each having the digits from 1 to 9.
label: Description
content: 5. Two columns of function keys and bars.
label: Description
content: The printing mechanisms are at the back of the machine. Nine of the fifteen type bars print the result. The other six indicate dates and special characters.
label: Description
content: The machine is marked on the back: Burroughs. A red paper tag attached to it reads: PATENT DEPT. (/) 338. A small metal tag attached to the back reads: SERIES P (/) BURROUGHS CORPORATION. . . . The machine is marked on the front in pencil: Transfer totals. A metal tag attached to the object reads: DONATED TO (/) The Smithsonian Institution (/) by (/) Burroughs Corporation.
label: Description
content: The Burroughs Series P was introduced in 1950.
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: 1982.0794.86
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0794.86
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: Measurements
content: overall: 22.1 cm x 32 cm x 47.5 cm; 8 11/16 in x 12 19/32 in x 18 11/16 in