General Information

Serial #

2770

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL (STEEL & BRASS) CASING & WORKING PARTS/ CARDBOARD INSTRUCTION SHEET AFFIXED TO INSIDE OF LID

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

65.1 cm

Width

30.0 cm

Height

17.9 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Mathematics

Category

Calculating devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

EGLI

Country

Switzerland

State/Province

Unknown

City

Zurich

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

C. 1910+

Canada

FAIRLY COMMON, BUT EXPENSIVE, CALCULATOR MODEL MOST OFTEN FOUND IN GOVERNMENT & LARGER UNIVERSITY LABS. IT IS LARGE, MANY DIGITCALCULATING MACHINE TYPICALLY USED BY SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS OF PERIOD. 680389 IS ALSO MILLIONAIRE BY EGLI FROM SURVEYS & MAPPING AT EMR. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT 660769 ALSO ORIGINATED FROM EMR.

Function

MECHANICAL CALCULATING DEVICE USED TO PERFORM ADDITION, SUBTRACTION, MULTIPLICATION, & DIVISION. OPERAND IS 8 DIGITS, RESULTANT HAS UP TO 16 DIGITS.

Technical

MILLIONAIRE WAS LARGER BUT ESSENTIALLY SAME DESIGN AS ARITHOMETER, BUT WITH MULTIPLICATION ACHIEVED DIRECTLY, NOT BY SUCCESSIVE ADDITIONS. DESIGN WAS PATENTED BY OTTO STEIGER OF MUNICH IN 1893 & FIRST MARKETED BY EGLI IN 1899. ONLY ONE TURN OF HANDLE WAS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE MULTIPLICATION OPERATION; THIS MECHANISM WAS DEVELOPED BY LEON BOLLE IN 1887 & COMPLETED IN GERMANY FOR THE MERCEDES-EUKLID CALCULATOR C. 1900.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATES ON TOP READING "Hans W. Egli/ Ingenieur/ Fabrikation von Rechennmaschinen/ Pat. O. Steiger/ ZURICH 11" & "W.A. Morschhauser/ SOLE AGENT/ 1 Madison Avenue/ NEW YORK CITY"/ INCISED GOLD PAINTED "MADE IN SWITZERLAND" ON TOP/ METALLIC & INCISED "No 2770" ON TOP/ METALLIC LETTERING ON TOP READING "THE MILLIONAIRE", "PTD May 7th 1895 Sept. 17th 1895", & FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

GOLD COLOURED CASING WITH BLACK PAINTED TOP & COVER/ PLATED, BRASS COLOURED & METALLIC CONTROLS & PARTS/ BUFF? CARDBOARD

Decoration

N/A