Addo, electrically driven

Made:
1935-1950 in England

Addo, electrically driven, adding, subtracting, and printing machine

This Addo machine is a type of small adding-listing machine available in the 1930s and 1940s. The main applications for these machines were payroll calculations and a simplified form of sales ledger book-keeping. Several larger machines were later developed by several companies specifically for book-keeping and billing applications.

Details

Category:
Mathematics
Object Number:
1971-8
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy), metal (unknown), plastic (unidentified), paint, steel (metal) and electrical components
Measurements:
overall: 250 mm x 370 mm x 455 mm, 15.904 kg
type:
calculating machine (printing)
credit:
Megator Pumps and Compressors Limited