National Cash Register, Model 79
date: label: date made
content: 1894
name: label: maker
content: National Cash Register Company
notes: label: Description
content: This large, nickel-plated, manually operated cash register is an NCR Model 79. It has three columns of keys for entering numbers, and a fourth column of function keys. The operating crank is on the right side, the cash drawer is below, and a receipt dispenser on the left side. Pop-up indicators above the keys indicate the total purchase. The Model 79 was introduced by NCR in 1892, this example dates from 1894. Principles introduced with this cash register would prove important on numerous later NCR cash registers. For a model of part of the mechanism of this machine, see MA.316703.
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content: Reference:
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content: Richard R. Crandall and Sam Robins, <I>The Incorruptible Cashier</I>, vol. 2, Vestal, N.Y.: Vestal Press (1990), pp. 157–169.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Dayton
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Business
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Computers & Business Machines
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content: Cash and Credit Registers
label: Exhibition
content: Art in Industry
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of National Cash Register Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.316701
label: accession number
content: 225455
label: catalog number
content: 316701
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cash register
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
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content: glass (overall material)
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content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 60 cm x 46 cm x 41 cm; 23 5/8 in x 18 1/8 in x 16 5/32 in