Burroughs Class 1 Adding Machine Section
date: label: date made
content: ca 1895
name: label: maker
content: Burroughs Adding Machine Company
notes: label: Description
content: This model is a section of a Burroughs Class 1 adding machine. It has a metal, glass, and plexiglass frame with one bank of round black plastic keys, two numeral wheels at the front toward the bottom (visible through the case), and related mechanism, including a dash pot. A paper tape holder, a carriage for the paper tape, and a crank with wooden handle are present. There is no paper tape. A steel bar attached at the base screws into a wooden stand.
label: Description
content: The section is marked on the stand: Burroughs. A red tag attached to it reads: PATENT DEPT. (/) #268.
label: Description
content: The Burroughs Class 1 was introduced in 1895.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Missouri, St. Louis
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: 1982.0794.68
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0794.68
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: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 39 cm x 24.2 cm x 49 cm; 15 11/32 in x 9 17/32 in x 19 9/32 in