Combination:Calculating Machine and Printer, 1897

Contents of CSA #1907

Case File of Williams S. Burroughs
Committee on Science and the Arts
1897 Scott Medal

• Report
• CSA Report: Draft report describing the arithmometer and recommending the award of the Scott Medal to inventor, William S. Burroughs. Dated November, 1896. (6 pages)
• Correspondence
• H.B. Helffrich Postcard: Declining membership on Committee on Science and the Arts sub-committee and commenting favorably on the Burroughs calculator.
• Wahl Letter: Request for local contact for American Arithmometer Company.
• H.B. Helffrich Letter: Consenting to remaining on the Committee on Science and the Arts.
• E.G. Langhorne Letter: Indicating American Arithmometer's Philadelphia agent, H.B. Wyeth, will contact The Franklin Institute to demonstrate calculator.
• H.B. Wyeth Letter: Enclosing check for opportunity to demonstrate calculator.
• Bilgram Letter: Progress report on Committee on Science and the Arts sub-committee examination of calculator.
• H.B. Wyeth Letter: Request for status of the calculator examination.
• E.G. Langhorne Letter: Acknowledging receipt of corrected copy of Committee on Science and the Arts report.
• Bilgram Letter: Indicating there will be a delay in the sub-committee report.
• H.B. Wyeth Letter: Showing willingness to meet Committee on Science and the Arts and demonstrate calculator.
• Bilgram Letter: Requesting further information and demonstration of the calculator before final report is made.
• Bilgram Letter: Confirming availability for meeting with Arithmometer agent.
• Bilgram Letter: Reporting on meeting with Arithmometer representative and commenting on progress of final report.
• H.B. Wyeth Letter: Reporting on meeting with Mr. Bilgram, requesting means of acquiring final report copy.
• Bilgram Postcard: Discussing materials to accompany the sub-committee's report presentation.
• H.B. Wyeth Letter: Promising to provide a machine and guidance for the calculator demonstration.
• H.B. Wyeth Letter: Requesting status of the award recommended for the calculator on November 4, 1896.
• E.G. Langhorne Letter: Thanking for receipt of the Committee on Science and the Arts report and award. Mr. Burroughs, medically indisposed, will be informed.
• E. G. Langhorne Letter: Indicating and describing an inaccuracy in the Committee's report.
• Hugo Bilgram Letter: Requesting an opportunity to further investigate the Committee on Science and the Arts report inaccuracy.
• E.G. Langhorne Letter: As requested by The Franklin Institute, mailing the Committe on Science and the Arts report for correction.
• H.B. Wyeth Letter: Arranging a meeting with Hugo Bilgram
• Burroughs Letter: Expressing gratitude for the Scott Medal award, contemplating the nature of invention. (5 pages)
• E.G. Langhorne Letter: Requesting a duplicate copy of the misplaced Scott Medal.
• Evidential Information
• Application
  • American Arithmometer Application: Request that Committee on Science & the Arts of The Franklin Institute investigate and report on the Burroughs Calculator.
• Patents
• U.S. Patent: Specification for Calculating-Machine - Patent No. 504,963, September 12, 1893. (9 pages)
• U.S. Patent: Specification for Calculating-Machine - Patent No. 504,963, September 12, 1893. (17 figures on 9 sheets)
• U.S. Patent: Specification for Recording Device for Calculators - Patent No. 505,078, September 12, 1893. (3 pages)
• U.S. Patent: Specification for Recording Device for Calculators - Patent No. 505,078, September 12, 1893. (8 figures on 3 sheets)
• Publications
• Instructional Brochure: Instructions for Operating the Burroughs Registering Accountant.
• Sales Brochure: The Burroughs Registering Accountant - Description & Testimonials
• Miscellaneous
• Cover Note: List of folder CSA #1907 contents: description of the Burroughs Calculator and list of enclosures.
• Card: Business card of H. B. Wyeth.
• Bilgram/CSA Cover: Cover page for the report on the calculator prepared by the Committee on Science and the Arts sub-committee
• Amendment: Footnote to the Committee report indicating a modification of its description of Burroughs' machine.