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Figurator (1905)

"This machine was also known under the name Ray and was manufactured and sold by the Ray Adding Machine Company, 465 Washington Street, New York. The present address of this firm is unknown, This machine was similar to the Lightning Calculator and its price was $25.00 for a seven-place device."

	principle	tooth gear
	capacity	7
	input	stylus
	production years
	machines built
	features

	known s/n


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source: T.Leipälä

Gauss (1905)

Martin (US), page 155 - 156

Martin (Dtsch), page 164

"Designer: Christian Hamann of Berlin-Friedenau. The first model of the machine was exhibited at the Paris Exhibition in 1900, but its construction was not entirely the same as the model to be briefly described here. Plant production commenced in 1905, and the sales were handled by the mail-order house R . Reiß in Liebenwerda in Saxony.

This machine has no stepped drums but possesses only a single actuating element in the form of a developed stepped drum that, by rotation of the crank, is moved past, or brought into mesh with, numeral gears positioned in a radial direction around the shaft of the crank."

Literature:

W.Semmler: Die Rechenmaschine "Gauss" und ihr Gebrauch, Zeitschrift für Vermessungswesen, 1906

(see below)

J.W.G. Schulz: Die Hamannsche Rechenmaschine "Gauß", Zeitschrift für Instrumentenkunde, page 50-58, 1906

E.Anthes: Die zylindrischen Rechenmaschinen von Leupold bis Herzstark, Historische Bürowelt 22, page 16-21 (1988) , IFHB

Hamann 1

first construction from 1900 with patents by C.Hamann and P.Haack.

see D.Bölter: Christel Hamann, Paul Haack, Axel Jacob Petersson (2007) for details.

shown is a fragment located in "Museum in der Beschussanstalt" in Zella-Mehlis

principle	central stepped drum
capacity	6 (w/o cr) x 6 (w/o tc) x 12
input	sliders
prod. years	1900
mach. built
features
dimensions	diameter 15, height 24 cm
weight	6 kg
known s/n

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		source: D.Bölter

Gauss

principle	stepped drum disk
capacity	6 (w/o cr) x 10 (w/o tc) x 10
input	sliders
prod. years	1905 - 1925
mach. built
features	subtraction by use of complement numbers
dimensions	diameter 12.5, height 10 cm
weight	2.6 kg with base, 850 g without
known s/n	12

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		© 2004 by Auction Team Breker, Koeln/ Germany

to open the pdf document, click on the picture

Mercedes

further development of the Gauss, constructer: Ch.Hamann

	principle	complement stepped drum disk
	capacity	6 x 10 x 10
	input	sliders
	prod. years	from 1906
	mach. built
	features
	dimensions	diameter 15, height 12.5 cm
	weight
	known s/n

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source: ©Tekniska museet, Stockholm

Gauss 4

prototype, constructer: Ch.Hamann, owner: "Museum in der Beschussanstalt" in Zella-Mehlis

literature: Detlev Bölter: Die Rechenmaschine "Gauss 4"

	principle	stepped plate
	capacity	7 (w/o cr) x 8 (w/o tc) x 15 (tc up to 8th position)
	input	sliders
	prod. years	ca. 1904
	mach. built	1
	features
	dimensions	41 x 22 x 14 cm
	weight	10 kg
	known s/n

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source: D.Bölter

Chateau (1905)

Martin (US), page 164

Martin (Dtsch), page 174

"This pinwheel machine is manufactured in Foncine-le-Haunt (Jura); the owners of the factory are the Chateau Brothers, Paris. It became better known under the name Dactyle, which it received from the selling agent. It differs very little from the Original Odhner. "

Chateaux brothers originally started selling Brunsviga machines in France. Later they started their own manufacturing. Chateau was also sold in Great Britain under the name Muldivo.

some machines carry the label Unis which stands for "Union Nationale Inter Syndicale", a kind of quality certificate, comparable to "Made in Germany".

Chateau

	principle	pin wheel
	capacity	7 (w/o cr) x 6 (w/o tc) x 10 9 (w/o cr) x 8 (w/o tc) x 13 9 (w/o cr) x 10 (w/o tc) x 18 10 (w/o cr) x 12 (w/o tc) x 22
	input	cursors, rotating
	prod. years	ca. 1905
	mach. built
	features
	dimensions
	weight
	known s/n	6,811, 9,026, 11,901, 13,425, 480,503

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source: W.Szrek

Dactyle

principle	pin wheel
capacity	7 (w/o cr) x 6 (w/o tc) x 10 9 (w/o cr) x 8 (w/o tc) x 13 9 (w/o cr) x 10 (w/o tc) x 18
input	cursors, rotating
prod. years
mach. built
features
dimensions
weight
known s/n	low: 1,103
	high: 10,413
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		source: T.Hampel

user manual for the Dactyle (in French , 4 MB), source: Christopher Mery

Bri-Cal (1905 ?)

Martin (US), page 164 - 165

Martin (Dtsch), page 174 - 175

"This is a product of British Calculators Limited of Belfast Road, Stoke Newington. London N. This firm, as is generally known, produced and sold the Cosmos, but apparently no longer exists. The Bri-Cal is a small adding machine with automatic tens-carry. "

Literature and links:

Rich Register: BriCal for Compound Addition - Money Calculating Machine

	principle	adding disk
	capacity
	input	stylus
	production years
	machines built
	features	different models

	known s/n


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	principle	adding disk
	capacity
	input	stylus
	production years
	machines built
	features

	known s/n


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permission granted

X x X (1906)

Martin (US), page 165 - 166

Martin (Dtsch), page 175 - 177

"A stepped drum machine of A.-G. vorm. Seidel and Naumann of Dresden. Since 1919 the manufacturing rights have been the property of the Presto Bureaumaschinenbau G.m.b.H"

principle	stepped drum
capacity	9 (w cr) x 8 (w/o tc) x 13 also 9 x 9 x 16 and 11 x 11 x 20
input	sliders
prod. years	from 1906
mach. built
features	item counter in result register digits 11-13 (before 1915)
dimensions	50 x 20 x 14 cm
weight	11 kg
known s/n	741, 1.102, 1.173, 1.451

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		source: Antikma Auktionen - Rainer Rzepka

principle	stepped drum
capacity	9 (w cr) x 8 (w/o tc) x 13
input	full keyboard
prod. years
mach. built
features	carriage in front of keyboard
dimensions
weight
known s/n	285, 391

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		source: G.Lausen

principle	stepped drum
capacity	10 (w cr) x 9 (w/o tc) x 16
input	full keyboard
prod. years	1910
mach. built
features	with printer
dimensions
weight
known s/n

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		© 2004 by Auction Team Breker, Koeln/ Germany

Goldschmidt (1906)

Martin (US), page 168

Martin (Dtsch), page 179

"J. Goldschmidt, Paris, manufactured a stepped drum machine under this name. The manufacturer has moved away, and no other details regarding the machine could be ascertained."

Current knowledge indicates, that Goldschmidt sold Brunsviga machines under their own label and replaced the top cover with their own design.

(Martin's information about Goldschmidt being a stepped drum machine is wrong, actually these are pinwheel machines)

	principle	pin wheel
	capacity	9 x 8 x 13
	input	cursors, rotating
	production years
	machines built
	features

	known s/n	6.280, 6.523


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source: W.Szrek

Contostyle (1906)

Martin (US), pages 184

Martin (Dtsch), page 195

"Designer: Henry Goldman of Chicago. The machine was also called Arithstyle and was manufactured by Gesellschaft fur Maschinenbau und elektrische Neuheiten G.m.b.H., Berlin, and sold by Henry Goldman of Berlin. "

Also produced and marketed as "Goldman's Arithmachine" by The International Arithmachine Co., Chicago (USA)

US patent 617 094 Jan. 3, 1899, Henry Goldmann Calculating Machine

US patent 624 788 May 9, 1899, Henry Goldmann Calculating Machine

	principle	chain adder
	capacity	6 or 9
	production years	1899 - ???
	machines built	????
	features
	s/n	1.760




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source: W.Szrek

AUSTRIA (1906)

Martin (US), pages 184 - 186

Martin (Dtsch), pages 195 - 196

"This is a stepped drum machine similar to that described in the introduction. Manufacturers: Rechenmaschinenwerk "Austria" Herzstark and Company, of Vienna."

Note: Samuel J. Herzstark was the father of Curt Hertzstark, the inventor of the famous Curta calculator.

principle	stepped drum
capacity	6 x 7 x 12, diff. capacity available
production years	ca. 1908
machines built	????
features
s/n	ca. 400 - 550




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		source: S.Gutmann

Austria model III, IV, V

principle	stepped drum
capacity	9 x 9 x 18 (see below)
production years	ca. 1910 - 1914
machines built	????
features	models differentiate only in capacity electrical operation and other options available


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		source: J.Goldman

Austria Zwillingsmodell

principle	stepped drum
capacity	7 x 7 x 12
input	sliders
production years	ca. 1910
machines built
features	derived from Austria III double carriage

known s/n	530 - 1.000


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		source: H.Brauer

Austria Lilliput

similar to Peerless Baby

between 1923 and 1937 Austria received "raw" machines from M.Bäuerle and used them in their products.

principle	stepped drum
capacity	9 (w cr) x 8 (w/o) x 12
input	sliders / full keyboard
prod. years	ca. 1925
mach. built
features
dimensions
weight
known s/n	ca. 5.200 - 6.600

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		source: J.Goldman

Austria Lilliput, double lineal

principle	stepped drum
capacity	9 (w cr) x 8 (w/o) x (13 + 13)
input	sliders
prod. years	ca. 1925
mach. built
features	2nd result register
dimensions
weight
known s/n	6,586

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		source: philchanson

SUMMUS (1906)

not mentioned in Martin

Addingdisk, designer M.Eckelmann, patent no 180934, 11.2.1906

Literature and links:

Jörg Thien: Rechenscheibe Summus, Historische Bürowelt 65, page 15, 2003 (IFHB)

	principle	????????
	capacity	????????
	production years	1906 - ????
	machines built	????
	features





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source: S.Johnson

Shires Multaddiv (1906)

Manufacturer: The Shires Multaddiv Machine Company (USA)

principle	stepped drum
capacity	8 (w cr) x 9 (w/o tc) x 16
input	sliders
prod. years	1906
mach. built
features
dimensions	60 x 25 x 18 cm
weight
known s/n	400

	for bigger and more pictures, click on the picture
		source: Eduardo Guillem

Mercedes Plus (1907)

not mentioned in Martin

Adding machine invented by Christel Hamann, German Patent no 210524, 30 October, 1907

Manufacturer: Mercedes Büromaschinen

principle
capacity	8 (w cr) x 9 (w/o tc) x 16
input	Keyboard
prod. years	?-1911
mach. built
features
dimensions	25 x 9.5 x 19.5 cm
weight
known s/n	1125

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		source: D. Schwabe

ADSUMUDI (1907)

Martin (US), pages 186 - 188

Martin (Dtsch), pages 196 - 199

"Designer: Alois Salcher of Innsbruck. Manufacturer: Uhrenfabrik C. Werner, Villingen in Baden. The factory is no longer in existence (1925), and production of the machine was discontinued about 1908."

Literature and links:

Typewriter Museum

Rechnerlexikon

	principle	double tooth rack
	capacity	10 (w cr) x x 10
	input	sliders
	prod. years	1907 - 1908
	mach. built
	features	multiplication and division by means of an added carriage
	dimensions	38 x 26 x 9 cm
	weight	13 kg
	known s/n	1511, 1572, 1580, 1609, 1836

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Heureka (1907)

Martin (US), pages 188

Martin (Dtsch), pages 199

"This is an adding machine with only nine keys but ten places in the result mechanism. It was manufactured and sold by the A.G. for the technical industry in Zurich. "

early keyboard layout is

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9

later keyboard layout is

1 2 3 4 5

9 8 7 6

principle	proportional levers
capacity	x x 10
input	9 keyboard
prod. years	from 1907
mach. built
features	1 species column adder
dimensions	21 x 24 x 13 cm
weight	5 kg
known s/n	518, 537, 542, 592

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		permission granted

Ensign (1907)

Martin (US), pages 189 - 191

Martin (Dtsch), pages 200 - 202

"This is a highly developed, electrically driven adding and subtracting machine particularly suited for multiplication, and in this respect it exceeds many other American machines."

"Manufacturer: The Ensign Company, Brighton District, Boston, Massachusetts. This machine has not, up to now, been introduced into Europe. The designer is Emory A. Ensign of Boston."

models:

54 : 5 x 4 x 9

75 : 7 x 5 x 12

97 (or 90) : 9 x 7 x 16

principle
capacity	see above
input	full keyboard
prod. years	from 1907
mach. built
features	mult/div keys, semi-autom. division, electric
dimensions
weight
known s/n	220

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		source: Thomas A. Russo

last updated: 01-Jan-13