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A TATE'S ARITHMOMETER
Lot 243

A TATE'S ARITHMOMETER

C & E LAYTON, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed21 April 2016

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GBP 4,750

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A TATE'S ARITHMOMETER
C & E LAYTON, LATE 19TH CENTURY
signed on the lacquered brass plate TATE'S ARITHMOMETER C & E LAYTON LONDON further marked underneath with serial number 1364 eight entry setting sliders, nine counters and sixteen windows to register results, two settings for addition & multiplication and subtraction and division, pullout drawer with some spare parts -- with an associated 16pp. instruction pamphlet.

23½ x 7½ x 6in. (60 X 19 X 16cm.)

Specialist note

This Arithmometer takes its name from Samuel Tate (1840-1917) who modelled it on the famous invention of Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar. Tate was granted a British patent in 1885, and that year he instructed Charles and Edward Layton to manufacturer and retailer of the machine. It was shown at the International Inventions Exhibitions held in London in 1885 and enjoyed constant use well into the 20th century.