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Part of a combination lock mechanism ? :shrug:
Pat
Not correct.
Adding machine....kapow!
it's a Adding machine
from the patent
CHARLES HENRY WEBB, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.
ADDING-MACHINE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,959, dated November 12, 1889.
A Application filed April 28, 1888. Serial No. 272,179. (No model.)
To all whom, it may concern.-
Be it known that I, CHARLES HENRY WEBB, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Adding-lVlachines, of which the following is a specification.
My invention relates, in the main, to adding-machines of the class employing two adding disks or wheels arranged tangentially and having internal mechanism whereby, at each revolution of one of said disks, it imparts an ism.
That is a pretty damn cool piece of mechanicry....think about the power of that compared to the power of a cheap calculator at the dollar store or Walmart, cold steel versus circuit boards and batteries.