Remington Rand Adding Machine
date: label: date made
content: 1949
name: label: maker
content: Remington Rand
notes: label: Description
content: This black ten-key printing adding machine is manually operated by depressing keys and moving forward a crank on the right. In addition to a block of white number keys, the machine has a MULTIPLY key on the right and R, SUB(/)TOTAL and TOTAL keys on the left. A key at the front marked “C” moves the decimal place of the digit entered. The machine accepts entries of up to seven digits and prints seven-digit totals. There is a set of seven windows above the keys that indicate the place of the digit being entered. There is a printing mechanism at the back, but no paper tape.
label: Description
content: The machine is marked on the left side: ADDING* BOOKKEEPING*CALCULATING MACHINES (/) MADE IN U.S.A. It has serial number: 71-654292.
label: Description
content: Compare objects 335204 and 1985.3010.01. There is a plastic cover which is marked as part of the object, although it reads “General."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Elmira
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 Victor Greenbelt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0474.01
label: maker number
content: 71-654292
label: accession number
content: 1982.0474
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0474.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: adding machine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16.5 cm x 24 cm x 33 cm; 6 1/2 in x 9 7/16 in x 13 in