Rule 1A recommendation for an award of the premium and medal shall be made only by the Committee on Science and the Arts, on a report of a sub-committee which shall have been appointed to examine such invention. |
American Arithmometer's original application for review of Burroughs' machine. (693K) A postcard sent to The Franklin Institute by H.B. Helffrich in decline of his appointment to the sub-committee of the Committee on Science and the Arts. Despite his inability to serve on the Committee, Helffrich indicates his support of Burroughs' machine. Full size (145K) |