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Patent Model for an Adder with Carry Invented by George Farmer
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Patent Model for an Adder with Carry Invented by George Farmer

Farmer, George · 1867 · brass (overall material)

From the collection of National Museum of American History. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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This patent model for an adder has three concentric, linked discs that revolve on a central pivot. The bottom disc is numbered from 1 to 99 clockwise around its toothed edge, to represent hundreds and thousands. Above it is a smaller disc, also with teeth around the edge, numbered from 00 to 99 clockwise to represent units and tens. A window in the third, top, largest disc shows the result on the dials below. The largest disc is numbered from 1 to 100 around the edge. Atop this disc is a rotating arm. Moving the arm counterclockwise advances the inner disc proportionally, allowing one to enter numbers up to 99.

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Credit linePatent Model for an Adder with Carry Invented by George Farmer. 1867. Farmer, George. National Museum of American History. CC0.

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