Dalton Super Model Adding Machine

Description:

This ten-key listing electric adding machine has a metal frame painted black. There are two rows of white number keys, with the complements of numbers indicated. aanon-add, multiply, backspace, and subtract keys are around the sides of the number keys. A correction bar and place indicator are above the keyboard. Total and subtotal keys are to the right of a silver-colored window above the keyboard. Behind are the printing mechanism and a wide carriage. At presnt, the machine lacks a ribbon, but there is residue of a two-color ribbon. The operating crank is on the right side, and the motor below. One may enter numbers up to nine digits long.

The machine is marked on the carriage: Dalton (/) ADDING, (/) LISTING AND (/) CALCULATING MACHINE. It is marked at the front: Dalton (/) CINCINNATI, OHIO. (/) U.S.A. The serial number under the crank is: NO107591.

The machine sits on a black base (1984.0492.02), which is on a metal stand with a wooden drop leaf. The stand has museum number 1984.0492.03 and serial number 815667. Dimensions for machine, base, and stand are 60 cm. w. x 57 cm. d. x 110.5 cm. h. Dimensions of stand with kick stand down are 59 cm. w. x 48.5 cm. d. x 80 cm. h. The stand has four rubber wheels.

Compare 1986.0977.01.

Reference:

J. H. McCarthy, The American Digest of Business Machines, Chicago: American Exchange Service, 1924, p. 536.

Date Made: 1921 or 1922

Maker: Dalton Adding Machine Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Ohio, Cincinnati

Subject: Mathematics

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Mathematics, Adding Machines, Science & Mathematics

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: Gift off Arthur E. Tarantino

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1984.0492.01Accession Number: 1984.0492Maker Number: 107591Catalog Number: 1984.0492.01

Object Name: adding machinemachine, adding with base and stand

Physical Description: metal (overall material)wood (overall material)paper (overall material)plastic (overall material)Measurements: overall: 33.2 cm x 36 cm x 36.5 cm; 13 1/16 in x 14 3/16 in x 14 3/8 inoverall: 22 in x 34 in x 58 in; 55.88 cm x 86.36 cm x 147.32 cm

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Record Id: nmah_690129

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