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Electromatic Typewriter
Electromatic Typewriter

Electromatic Typewriter

Inventory NumberWJ0552
ClassificationTypewriter
Subject
    Maker International Business Machines Corporation 1911-present
    Place of Origin
      Dimensions25.4 x 40.6 x 40.6 cm (10 x 16 x 16 in.)
      Accessories2 small brass pieces, rod with a disc and cylinder with space for rod.
      Inscribedwritten in gold on front: ELECTROMATIC stamped on plate on proper right, bottom: HARVARD UNIVERSITY / USN - ORI / B00505 stamped on plate on proper right, bottom: P.A.L. SERIAL NO. 615
      Image Not Available for IBM ASCC-Mark I Electromatic Typewriter
      IBM ASCC-Mark I Electromatic Typewriter
      International Business Machines Corporation
      Date: 1939-1944
      Accessories: Typewriter cover
      Object number: 1997-1-0963c
      Image Not Available for IBM ASCC-Mark I Electromatic Typewriter
      IBM ASCC-Mark I Electromatic Typewriter
      International Business Machines Corporation
      Date: 1939-1944
      Accessories: Typewriter cover
      Object number: 1997-1-0963b
      Image Not Available for Cover for IBM ASCC-Mark I Electromatic Typewriter
      Cover for IBM ASCC-Mark I Electromatic Typewriter
      International Business Machines Corporation
      Date: 1939-1944
      Accessories: Typewriter cover
      Object number: 1997-1-0963b.1
      Image Not Available for Cover for IBM ASCC-Mark I Electromatic Typewriter
      Cover for IBM ASCC-Mark I Electromatic Typewriter
      International Business Machines Corporation
      Date: 1939-1944
      Accessories: Typewriter cover
      Object number: 1997-1-0963c.1
      Holtz electrical machine
      Holtz electrical machine
      E. S. Ritchie & Sons
      Date: 1868-1895
      Accessories: a) two wheels made of an insulating material (ebonite?), solid except for an oval perforation near the edge, and a depression running on one face along its diameter; b) a spark-gap consisting of two brass balls that hold small rods that face each other, their distance adjustable by screws on the balls. The brass balls are mounted on parallel rods (adjustable height) attached to a thick brass rod that can be held from a thinner rod attached to its central section; c) two large screws and a wooden piece in the shape of a quarter-section of a cylinder, which are currently held inside a plastic bag
      Object number: 2007-1-0171
      close-up of Electromatic Typewriter that prints the final results of Mark I calculations.
      IBM ASCC-Mark I photo album: typewriter that prints final Mark I results
      International Business Machines Corporation
      Date: 1944
      Object number: Lib.1964-062
      Electrostatic machine
      Electrostatic machine
      Charles Chardin
      Date: circa 1850
      Accessories: Brass rod with combs at each end, socket and pieces of twisted leather? cord.
      Object number: DW0058a
      Electrostatic machine
      Electrostatic machine
      Charles Chardin
      Date: circa 1850
      Accessories: Brass rod with combs at each end, socket and pieces of twisted leather? cord.
      Object number: DW0058a-f
      IBM ASCC-Mark I chain link
      IBM ASCC-Mark I chain link
      International Business Machines Corporation
      Date: circa 1944
      Object number: 1997-1-0963e
      IBM ASCC-Mark I card weight, paper guide, two multiprong relays
      IBM ASCC-Mark I card weight, paper guide, two multiprong relays
      International Business Machines Corporation
      Date: circa 1944
      Object number: 1997-1-0963d
      a presentation image of the entire ASSC Mark I computer with major sections identified.
      IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC)- Harvard Mark I
      International Business Machines Corporation
      Date: 1939-1944
      Object number: 1997-1-0963a
      Mark I control station, tape roll, and tape feeding mechanism.
      IBM ASCC-Mark I paper-tape punch station
      International Business Machines Corporation
      Date: 1939-1944
      Object number: 1997-1-0964