Remington Rand Adding Machine
Remington Rand Adding Machine
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- Description
- 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.
- The machine is marked on the left side: ADDING* BOOKKEEPING*CALCULATING MACHINES (/) MADE IN U.S.A. It has serial number: 71-654292.
- Compare objects 335204 and 1985.3010.01. There is a plastic cover which is marked as part of the object, although it reads “General."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- adding machine
- date made
- 1949
- maker
- Remington Rand
- place made
- United States: New York, Elmira
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 16.5 cm x 24 cm x 33 cm; 6 1/2 in x 9 7/16 in x 13 in
- ID Number
- 1982.0474.01
- maker number
- 71-654292
- accession number
- 1982.0474
- catalog number
- 1982.0474.01
- Credit Line
- Gift of Victor Greenbelt
- subject
- Mathematics
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Adding Machines
- Science & Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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