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Adding and Calculating Machines |
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Adding Machines
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The Adder
Patented 1902 ~ Marketed 1908
The Adder Cash Register Syndicate Ltd.
London, England |
![Adder_UK_1.jpg (29748 bytes)](IMagesWWW/Adder_UK_1_small.jpg) |
Beach Calculating Machine
Advertised 1904. Still on market in 1906.
The Book-Keeper Publishing Co., Ltd
Detroit, MI
1904 Price $50
"This machine is built up with a series of wheels and segments, the
latter fitted with teeth on their outer edge,
the machine being operated
by placing the finger on the desired tooth and carrying it
downward." |
![Beach_Calculating_Machine_1904_ad_OM.jpg (31862 bytes)](IMagesWWW/Beach_Calculating_Machine_1904_ad_OM_small.jpg) |
Triumph Adding Machine
Patented 1907-09 ~ Advertised 1914
Triumph Precision Machine Co.
New York, NY |
![1907_1909_Triumph_Adding_Machine.jpg (97981 bytes)](IMagesWWW/1907_1909_Triumph_Adding_Machine_small.jpg) |
Mercantile Adding Machine
Advertised 1909
Mercantile Adding Machine Co.
Norwalk, CT
1909 Price $85 (Model 3) |
![1909_Mercantile_Adding_Machine_Co_Model_3_85_Norwalk_CT.jpg (36427 bytes)](IMagesWWW/1909_Mercantile_Adding_Machine_Co_Model_3_85_Norwalk_CT_small.jpg) |
Barrett Figuring Machine
(a.k.a. Barrett Adding Machine,
Barrett Portable Adding & Computing Machine)
Advertised 1910-14
Barrett Adding Machine Co. (1910-14)
Grand Rapids, MI (1910-11), Philadelphia, PA (1913)
Lanston Monotype Machine Co., Philadelphia, PA
1911-1913 Price $100 (Model No. 6), $150 (No. 10), $175 (No. 10X)
1914 Price $110 (Model No. 6), $160 (No. 10), $185 (No. 10X)
The company also made adding-listing machines that printed. |
![1914_Barrett_Adding_Machine_Co_Model_10x_185_Model_10_160_Philadelphia_PA_ad.jpg (70056 bytes)](IMagesWWW/1914_Barrett_Adding_Machine_Co_Model_10x_185_Model_10_160_Philadelphia_PA_adx_small.jpg)
Model No. 10X and No. 10, 1914 ad
![1912_Barrett_adder.jpg (52355 bytes)](1912_Barrett_adder_small.jpg) |
Austin Visible Adding
Machine
1912 ~ Advertised 1914-15
Austin Adding Machine Corp.
Baltimore, MD
1914 and 1915 Price reduced from $125 to $45 |
![MBHT_1912_Austin_Adding_Machine_Corp_Model_A_Non-Lister.jpg (105428 bytes)](MBHT_1912_Austin_Adding_Machine_Corp_Model_A_Non-Lister_small.jpg)
Model A
Courtesy of the Museum of Business History
and Technology
![1912_Austin_Adding_Machine_Baltimore_MD_D_Rehr.jpg (94712 bytes)](1912_Austin_Adding_Machine_Baltimore_MD_D_Rehr_small1.jpg)
Photo courtesy of Darryl Rehr |
American Adder (a.k.a.
American Adding Machine No. 5)
Patented 1912-18 ~ Introduced 1913 ~ Advertised 1913-27
1913-14 Price $35. 1924-27 Price $39.
American Can Co., Chicago, IL. (1913-18)
American Adding Machine Co., Chicago, IL (1924-27)
"The index finger is placed in the corrugation on the number to be
set up and
the lever for that column raised by the thumb until it is stopped
by the finger."
The company also made an adding-listing machine (Model No. 4). |
![1912_American_Can_Co_adding_machine_Chicago.jpg (35199 bytes)](1912_American_Can_Co_adding_machine_Chicago_small.jpg)
![Man_with_American_Adding_Machine.jpg (83692 bytes)](Man_with_American_Adding_Machine_small.jpg) |
Sirius Adder
Introduced c. 1914
Wilhelm Keil
Siriuswerk, Nördlingen, Bayern
Germany |
![MBHT_Sirius_Adder_adv.jpg (272708 bytes)](MBHT_Sirius_Adder_adv_small.jpg)
Courtesy of the Museum
of Business History and Technology |
Commonwealth Adding Machine
1915
Commonwealth Adding Machine Co.
Muskegon, MI |
![COMMONWEALTH_ADDING_MACHINE_CO_MUSKEGON_MI_3.jpg (33269 bytes)](IMagesWWW/COMMONWEALTH_ADDING_MACHINE_CO_MUSKEGON_MI_3_small.jpg) |
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