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- Advertisement for the Burroughs Adding Machine Class 1, 1901-1907 - William Seward Burroughs and three other co-founders established the American Arithmometer Company in 1886 to produce simple addition and subtraction machines. Over the years, the company--later known as the Burroughs Corporation--innovated and expanded. Mergers with companies such as Moon-Hopkins and Sperry in the 20th century helped Burroughs become a leader in the calculating--and later computing--industry.
- 1901-1907
- Collections - Artifact
Advertisement for the Burroughs Adding Machine Class 1, 1901-1907
William Seward Burroughs and three other co-founders established the American Arithmometer Company in 1886 to produce simple addition and subtraction machines. Over the years, the company--later known as the Burroughs Corporation--innovated and expanded. Mergers with companies such as Moon-Hopkins and Sperry in the 20th century helped Burroughs become a leader in the calculating--and later computing--industry.
- Exterior of the American Arithmometer Company in St. Louis, Missouri, circa 1904 -
- circa 1904
- Collections - Artifact
Exterior of the American Arithmometer Company in St. Louis, Missouri, circa 1904