Dalton Adding Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1919
name: label: maker
content: Dalton Adding Machine Company
notes: label: Description
content: This ten-key printing manually operated adding machine is on a stand of tubular steel with antique bronze finish. The machine has a black metal case with ten white plastic number keys arranged in two rows. Complementary digits are indicated on the keys. There also are DESIGNATING, REPEAT, TOTAL, and CORRECTION keys, and a long black unmarked key. One additional key missing. The place indicator is above the keyboard. The printing mechanism, a red and black ribbon, and a wide carriage are behind it. Themachine has a holder for a paper tape, but no paper tape. The handle is on the right side. The cover is in the case. The stand has no wheels. The stand alone measures 54.5 cm. w. x 49 cm. d. x 67 cm. h. The machine alone measures 34.1 cm. w. x 36 cm. d. x 31 cm. h.
label: Description
content: The machine is marked on the case: Dalton (/) ADDING, (/) LISTING AND (/) CALCULATING MACHINE. The serial number, given on a tag on the back, is: No. 50995. A metal label attached to the front of the machine reads: Dalton (/) ADDING (/) MACHINE (/) CO., CINCINNATI, OHIO (EAST NORWOOD) Pat. Sept. 24, 1912, No. 1039130. It also reads: Pat. Dec. 31, 1912, No. 1049057; Pat. Dec. 31, 1912, No. 1049093. It also reads: OTHER PATENTS ISSUED and PENDING.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Cincinnati
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 Melissa Ann Woodring
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.328426
label: accession number
content: 272529
label: maker number
content: 50995
label: catalog number
content: 328426
objectType: label: Object Name
content: adding machine on stand
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 105.5 cm x 54.5 cm x 49 cm; 41 17/32 in x 21 15/32 in x 19 9/32 in