Brunsviga 132z-18

Description:

This is a twin Brunsviga calculating machine. The pinwheel lever-set non-printing machine has a metal housing painted black, a metal mechanism, a wooden base, and a metal cover. It consists of two adjacent and interconnected instruments. Each has ten levers for setting numbers, with the number set appearing in a row of windows above the levers. The two result registers are on a single carriage at the front of the machine, and the two revolution registers are in back of the respective levers. The handle for operating both machines extends from the right side. All the registers have zeroing levers and decimal markers.

A mark on the right front carriage reads: BRUNSVIGA-MASCHINENWERKE (/) GRIMME, NATALIS & CO.A.-G. A stamp on the left front gives the model and serial number: BRUNSVIGA 13Z-18 (/) 200118

The cover has three marks: H. T. 243; Hpk. 2; and PROPERTY OF USA -CE-M (/) 7420-111-0018.

This machine came to the Smithsonian from the Department of Chemistry at Bridgewater College in 1972.

References:

Office Machines Research Service, vol. III, section 4.31, July, 1939, pp. 7–10.

F. Schellstede, “Brunsviga. Produktionxzahlen, Absatzzahlen, Werbung. Versuch einer kurzen geschichtlichen Darstellung,” Kassel, 1990.

Date Made: ca 1950

Maker: Brunsviga Maschinenwerke, Grimme, Natalis & Co.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Germany: Lower Saxony, Brunswick

Subject: Mathematics

Subject:

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

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Credit Line: Gift of Bridgewater College, Department of Chemistry

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1987.0709.01Accession Number: 1987.0709Catalog Number: 330819Maker Number: 200118

Object Name: calculating machine

Physical Description: steel (overall material)wood (overall material)plastic (overall material)Measurements: overall: 20.3 cm x 51.8 cm x 27.8 cm; 8 in x 20 13/32 in x 10 15/16 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-2117-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_690706

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