National Cash Register, Model 79
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Object Details
- National Cash Register Company
- Description
- This large, nickel-plated, manually operated cash register is an NCR Model 79. It has three columns of keys for entering numbers, and a fourth column of function keys. The operating crank is on the right side, the cash drawer is below, and a receipt dispenser on the left side. Pop-up indicators above the keys indicate the total purchase. The Model 79 was introduced by NCR in 1892, this example dates from 1894. Principles introduced with this cash register would prove important on numerous later NCR cash registers. For a model of part of the mechanism of this machine, see MA.316703.
- Reference:
- Richard R. Crandall and Sam Robins, The Incorruptible Cashier, vol. 2, Vestal, N.Y.: Vestal Press (1990), pp. 157–169.
- Credit Line
- Gift of National Cash Register Company
- 1894
- ID Number
- MA.316701
- accession number
- 225455
- catalog number
- 316701
- Object Name
- cash register
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 60 cm x 46 cm x 41 cm; 23 5/8 in x 18 1/8 in x 16 5/32 in
- place made
- United States: Ohio, Dayton
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Computers & Business Machines
- Cash and Credit Registers
- Exhibition
- Art in Industry
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Business
- Record ID
- nmah_694235
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-37ef-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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