George B. Grant scrapbook, 1873-1896.

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George B. Grant scrapbook, 1873-1896.

Scrapbook compiled by George Barnard Grant (inventor of Grant's calculating machine), a businessman based in Lexington and Boston, Massachusetts, containing printed ephemera, machine manuals, handwritten and typescript notes and correspondence, photographs, patent applications, and other papers relating to calculating machines, inventors, the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, and Grant's patent dispute with Léon Bollée in the 1880s.

1 v. (approximately 70 leaves) : ill. ; 34 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8150838

Smithsonian Institution. Libraries

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Centennial Exhibition 1876 Philadelphia, Pa.

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The Centennial Exhibition of 1876 marked the 100th anniversary of American freedom. The celebration took place in Philadelphia from May 10 to November 10 and attracted over eight million visitors. The exhibition spread across 450 acres of ground in Fairmont Park and consisted of over 200 buildings. Planning for the event began in 1870, and in 1871, Congress established the United States Centennial Commission to plan and run the exhibition. The following year saw the incorporation of the Centenni...

Bollée, Léon, 1870-1913

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Locke, L. Leland (Leslie Leland), 1875-

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Leslie Leland Locke (1875-1943) was a professor of the history of mathematics at Brooklyn College, and a noted authority on the history of mathematical instruments, particularly the Peruvian quipu. In 1939, Locke donated his personal collection of early calculating machines to the United States National Museum (Smithsonian Institution). He was also a graduate of Grove City College. From the description of Leslie Leland Locke scrapbooks, 1873-1939. (Smithsonian Institution Libraries)....

Philadelphia Bank Note Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Grant, George B. (George Barnard), 1849-1917

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George B. Grant designed a new calculating machine, known as the Grant Engine, in 1874. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1875. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155885813 ...