Underwood Sundstrand 11240SP Adding Machine
date: label: date made
content: 1952
name: label: maker
content: Underwood Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This hefty ten-key listing electric adding machine has a gray metal case with a 13” carriage. The block of nine white number keys has a zero bar below. Numbers of up to ten digits may be entered. To the left are correction, back space, and repeated addition keys. To the right are subtraction, addition, and no total keys. Left of these keys is a lever that can be set at “SHUTTLE” or “NORMAL.” Another lever can be set at “REG.B,” “A*B,” or “REG.A.” Another lever is unlabeled. Above the keyboard is a place indicator. Behind this are the printing mechanism, carriage, and cross-footer. Numbers of up to 11 digits can be printed. The machine has a two-colored ribbon. Tabs can be set to print columns at different locations along the platen, different sizes of paper can be used, and there are knobs for advancing the platen on both sides. The motor also is at the back.
label: Description
content: This is model #303 from the Patent Division of Burroughs Corporation. It is marked on the back: Underwood (/) Sundstrand (/) Product of (/) Underwood Corporation (/) Protected by United States (/) and Foreign Patents (/) Made in U.S.A.. It is also marked there: 775180 (/) 11240SP
label: Description
content: Compare to the Underwood Sundstrand Adding Tabulator (model 11240SP-13), described in 1990.188.07.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Hartford
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: 1982.0794.78
label: maker number
content: 775180 [/] 11240SP
label: accession number
content: 1982.0794
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0794.78
objectType: label: Object Name
content: adding machine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 33 cm x 47 cm x 49 cm; 13 in x 18 1/2 in x 19 9/32 in