BRUNSVIGA - Gehirn von Stahl. Display cabinet 4 in Room 1
BRUNSVIGA G
1911, s/n 14205 Reversible hand-operated four-species machine with pinwheels according to DRP 208 811The BRUNSVIGA G was equipped with the long setting levers invented in 1907. The machine possesses two counter registers and two result registers. The user could read gross and net results during discount calculations off the G directly. From 1907 to 1913, about 97 machines would have been made. The price at the time was 1215,- M.
Advertising gimmick in the shape of a Brunsviga B
Not datedOn turning the crank, the storage compartment opens. E.g. paperclips can be kept in it. L. Neumann was the BRUNSVIGA general distributor in Paris at the “1 Boulevard Poissonnière”
Calendar, valid from 1922-1944
“Eternal” calendars were handed out as promotional gifts by “GNC” at least since 1907.
BRUNSVIGA R
1913 s/n 21 273 Reversible hand-operated four-species machine with pinwheels according to DRP 277 822The machine has a reversing safety. Tens’ carry is over the entire 20 digit range. Only very few examples were built.
“Cerveau D’Acier”
1907Promotional literature in French, under the form of a book.
Price list for BRUNSVIGA machines
1910
On the list is e.g. the BRUNSVIGA A 12, equipped with 12 x 10 x 18 instead of the usual 9 x 10 x 18 digits.
Advertising prospectus
1909“An infallible calculating master BRUNSVIGA calculator” The figure over the calculator and its clothing are imaged along the lines of the medieval calculating teacher, here symbolizing the art of calculation.
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