Remington Rand

[Greg L]

Hello,

new to the group,  Came across a Remington Rand I am having trouble finding information on other than 1930's probable.

Number stamped on bottom is M292274

Pic attached.  Any information would be appreciated.  pretty cool machine that appears to function.  

[Greg L]

anyone?

[Nigel T]

It appears that the majority of Remington-Rand mechanical calculators were 10-key Add-Listers which:

• Have only the one set of the 10 keys 0-9, like a modern calculator.
• The digits of numbers are entered sequentially, as on a modern calculator, and are latched internally. The number entered is printed on the listing paper and added to or subtracted from the accumulated total by pulling the lever.
• Basically only perform addition and subtraction, though the other functions are possible using special techniques. Advanced calculators may be able to perform multiplication and division automatically.
• Totals and sub-totals can be printed.

The basic Add-Listers are not as desirable to collectors as the mechanical machines which perform the multiplication and division functions, often motor driven, and so there is less information about them readily available.

Remington-Rand also sold imported models of pinwheel calculators.

Several web sites have photographs and brief details of just a couple of Remington-Rand models.
For example:
https://www.rechenmaschinen-illustrated.com/ and https://www.crisvandevel.de/list.htm

The book "Antique Office Machines: 600 Years of Calculating Devices", by Thomas A. Russo, Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2001, ISBN 0-7643-1346-0 lists 15 models of Remington-Rand 10-key Add-Listers with photographs, and one model of pinwheel calculator.  This may be available to view from a library.

It is interesting to perform a Google image search on 'Remington Rand adding machine' which produces dozens of results and you may find something useful among them. 

Also worth looking at is a search on Youtube for 'Remington Rand adding machine' which has various videos showing such adding machines being repaired and operating.

Regards,
Nigel Tout

[Nigel T]

I have just spotted the photograph of your machine that you sent earlier.  A similar adding machine in a photograph in the Russo book carries the label 'Monarch' and has the description "Remington (Monarch) Portable Adding Machine (Subtraction Model)".

The heading to this section says that the Remington Rand machines were also sold under the Monarch name, and were smaller and lighter than most competing machines of the time and so were very successful.

[Greg L]

Thank you!  I had found some of the above when I did a search.  Appreciate the responses and your time.  I did not have access to the books.