Adding machine

Object detail

Accession number

2003.273

Maker

Bell Punch Company Limited

Description

Adding machine, metal, green. Designed and manufactured under their patents by Bell Punch Company Limited, model No.509/S/64989.
8 columns of buttons, numbered 1 to 5, and one column has only one button. Display window on the front with ten digits. System of recording accumulation of values. Used for revenue checks by the Telephone Exchange in Auckland.

Marks

BELL PUNCH COMPANY LTDS / 39.ST.JAMES'S ST / LONDON / PLUS / GUARANTEED / WHOLLY MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN Maker's Plate
DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED / UNDER THEIR PATENTS BY / BELL PUNCH COMPANY LIMITED. / LONDON ENGLAND. / MODEL No 509/S/64.989 Maker's Plate
GUARANTEED / MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN Impressed

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Metal
Processed Material/Synthetic/Plastic

Credit Line

Bell Punch Company Limited. Adding machine, 2003.273. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Processor, Analog Data Machine, Calculating Machine, Adding Tools & Equipment for Communication Data Processing T&E Data Processing Devices

Production place

London Greater London England Great Britain British Isles Europe Great Britain United Kingdom

Collection type

Computing and Digital Technology

Subject auto tags

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