• DocumentCode
    1527770
  • Title

    "Yours for improvement" - The adding machines of Chicago, 1884-1930

  • Author

    Kidwell, Peggy Aldrich

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Museum of American History, Smithsonian Inst., Washington, DC, USA
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2001
  • Firstpage
    3
  • Lastpage
    21
  • Abstract
    Between 1884 and 1930, the City of Chicago emerged as a center of manufacture for a new kind of machine, designed especially to assist in ordinary addition. Chicago inventions and products would shape the adding machine industry into the second half of the 20th century.
  • Keywords
    calculating apparatus; history; Chicago; adding machines; history; Business; Cities and towns; Computer aided manufacturing; Distributed computing; Instruments; Machinery production industries; Manufacturing industries; Marketing and sales; Printing; Technological innovation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/85.948903
  • Filename
    948903
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1527770