Burroughs Class 6 Adding Machine Section
Burroughs Class 6 Adding Machine Section
- Description
- 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.
- 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.
- The Burroughs Class 6 was introduced in 1913. This is Model #270 from the Patent Division of Burroughs Corporation.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1913
- maker
- Burroughs Adding Machine Company
- place made
- United States: Michigan, Detroit
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 45.2 cm x 27 cm x 39 cm; 17 25/32 in x 10 5/8 in x 15 11/32 in
- ID Number
- 1982.0794.70
- catalog number
- 1982.0794.70
- accession number
- 1982.0794
- Credit Line
- Gift of Burroughs Corporation
- subject
- Mathematics
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Adding Machines
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
