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
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;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
