Remington Rand Adding Machine
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Object Details
- Remington Rand
- Description
- This gray ten-key “portable” adding machine is manually operated by depressing keys and moving forward a crank on the right. In addition to a block of white digit keys, the machine has a key stem on the right (the key cover is missing) and R, SUB(/)TOTAL and TOTAL keys on the left. A key at the front marked “C” clears entries. A set of seven windows above the keys indicates the place of the digit being entered. The machine allows entries of up to seven digits and prints seven-digit totals. There is a printing mechanism at the back, but no paper tape. The machine has serial number 71-795133. It has a Smithsonian property tag that reads: S.I. # 15720.
- Compare 335204 and 1982.0474.01.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Transfer from National Museum of American History
- 1950
- ID Number
- 1985.3010.01
- maker number
- 71-795133
- nonaccession number
- 1985.3010
- catalog number
- 1985.3010.01
- Object Name
- adding machine
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 15.5 cm x 23 cm x 32.5 cm; 6 3/32 in x 9 1/16 in x 12 25/32 in
- place made
- United States: New York, Elmira
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Adding Machines
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Record ID
- nmah_690094
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-12b7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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