The machines are coming for our livelihoods, Dear Readers. That was the fear a century ago with the 1923 play “The Adding Machine” by Elmer Rice. And that sentiment still holds true today with many ...

The Burroughs Adding Machine can still be purchased today from sites like eBay, usually for between $70 and $300, or more depending on the condition of the machine. At one point the Burroughs Adding ...

Mr. Zero is just another cog. He can’t fulfill his own needs, much less those of his wife Mrs. Zero, or his workwife Daisy. But when his boss replaces him with a machine, Mr. Zero is forced on a ...

For most of human history, doing arithmetic, while sometimes aided by devices like the abacus or adders, was fundamentally an act of human intelligence. In the 17th and 18th century, a few natural ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. It’s a good time for Elmer Rice’s “The Adding Machine,” which can only mean that it’s once again a bad time for ...

This small stylus-operated non-printing adding machine has seven chains in parallel columns. The links visible in each column are numbered from 1 to 9. A stylus is placed in a link of the chain and ...