Burroughs (1892)

Martin (US), page 113 - 118

Martin (Dtsch), page 120 - 125 & 401

 

 

"William Seward Burroughs was the designer of this machine, likely the most important of all the printing full-keyboard adding machines. 

In 1888, the American Arithmometer Company was founded in St. Louis. They were to take care of sales, while the manufacturing of the machines was carried out by the Boyer Machine Company. Later, however, the first firm took over production as well. In 1904 the factory shifted to Detroit, and in 1905 the name was changed to the Burroughs Adding Machine Company.

This company still manufactures the machine today and has branches in Windsor (Ontario) and Nottingham (England). "

 

Literature and links:

Burroughs Home Page    has also     serial numbers and manufacturing date

John Wolff's Web Museum

Peggy Aldrich Kidwell, "The Adding Machine Fraternity at St. Louis: Creating a Center of Invention, 1880-1920," IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 22,  no. 2,  pp. 4-21,  Apr-Jun,  2000  (abstract only)

 

see also Burroughs Calculator

 

 

class 1

principle  tooth arc

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capacity 

 9 x x 9
input  full keyboard
prod. years  from 1885
mach. built  
features  various capacities,  integrated printer, manual or electric
dimensions  27 x 38 x 31
weight  22 kg
known s/n  7,986 , 61,513
    
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                                                                                                                         source: H.Müller

 

 

 

class 2

principle  tooth arc

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capacity 

 17 x x 17
input  full keyboard
prod. years  
mach. built  
features  storage for intermediate and total sum, integrated printer, manual or electric
dimensions  32 x 50 x 39
weight  60 kg
known s/n  E2 - 1.229.425
    
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       source: M.Stah

 

 

 

class 3

model 301

principle  

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capacity 

 5 x x 6
input  full keyboard
prod. years  
mach. built  
features  repeat and non-add key
dimensions  
weight  
known s/n  628 696
    
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       source: Thomas A. Russo

 

 

 

class 4

 

principle  

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capacity 

 10 x x 11
input  full keyboard
prod. years  
mach. built  
features  "multiplying keyboard"
dimensions  
weight  
known s/n  1.361.351
    
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       source: Thomas A. Russo

 

 

 

 

 

 

class 5 (since 1940 series C )

 

principle  rocker arm, planetary gear

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capacity 

 9 x x 10 or 13 x x 14
input  full keyboard
prod. years  from 1912
mach. built  
features

 subtraction thru complement digits
dimensions  25 x 30 x 13 cm
weight  6 or 9 kg
known s/n  258 391, 5-913 653
    
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      source: W.Szrek

 

 

 

principle  rocker arm, planetary gear

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capacity 

 
input  full keyboard
prod. years  ca. 1933
mach. built  
features

 double adder, English currency
dimensions  
weight  
known s/n  
    
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      source: Antikma Auktionen - Rainer Rzepka

 

 

 

 

class 7 - Moon-Hopkins

 

principle  multiplication body

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capacity 

 10 - 13 x x 10 - 13
input  2 rows @ 10 keys
prod. years  from 1921
mach. built  
features  combined type writer and calculator, up to 20 counter, electric
dimensions  32 x 61 x 38
weight  72 kg
known s/n  7-1.209.391, 7-1.284.730
    
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       source: H-J.Denker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

class 8  Portable

 

principle  

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capacity 

 8 x x 9
input  full keyboard
prod. years  1925
mach. built  
features  
dimensions  
weight  
known s/n  63,486
    
for bigger and more pictures, click on the picture   
       source: Thomas A. Russo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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last updated: 21-Feb-12