Powers Tabulating Machine Component

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Powers Tabulating Machine Component

Object Details

date made: 1920s

maker: Powers Accounting Machine Corporation

Description: This very small section of a Powers tabulating machine comes from the adding machine part of the device. It consists of two shaped metal pieces held together by a rivet such that one swings freely. It has no maker’s marks.; Reference:; Powers Accounting Machine Corporation, Powers Tabulating Equipment, Book 3, New York: Powers Accounting Machine Corporation, 1923, Plate 507, Plate 607 (AM Sec 150). This document is 1992.3215.03.
Location: Currently not on view

web subject: Mathematics

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Mathematics; Computers & Business Machines; Tabulating Equipment

Credit Line: Gift of Thor Dockweiler

Data Source: National Museum of American History

ID Number: 1991.3180.01
nonaccession number: 1991.3180
catalog number: 1991.3180.01

Object Name: tabulating machine component

Physical Description: steel (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 1.2 cm x 12.4 cm x 2 cm; 15/32 in x 4 7/8 in x 25/32 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-17ad-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID: nmah_690181