Burroughs Class 6 Adding Machine Section
date: label: date made
content: ca 1913
name: label: maker
content: Burroughs Adding Machine Company
notes: label: Description
content: This model of a section of a Burroughs Class 6 adding machine has a steel frame painted black with one glass side and a clear plastic case along the other side. It has a single column of nine round black plastic keys. The mechanism operates. Two red keys are at the top.
label: Description
content: The metal handle is on the right side. The section has a steel support that is glued to a wooden base. The mechanism that holds the paper tape has no paper tape and is detached from the section. Three other loose parts are included. A metal tag attached to the object reads: DONATED TO (/) The Smithsonian Institution (/) by (/) Burroughs Corporation.
label: Description
content: The Burroughs Class 6 was introduced in 1913. This is Model #270 from the Patent Division of Burroughs Corporation.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan, Detroit
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: 1982.0794.70
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0794.70
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: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 45.2 cm x 27 cm x 39 cm; 17 25/32 in x 10 5/8 in x 15 11/32 in