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samcat
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My Grandmothers job was a 'comtometer' operator (unsure of spelling), at Kynocks.
Can anyone tell me what that was?
Can anyone tell me what that was?
I was not a comptometer operarator but did work on manual calculating machines at BSA for a Summer job in about 1967. We were ’writing down‘ valuations of capital assets - in this case capstan lathes/machinery. We took the details from very heavy books that listed all the machines and calculations were printed out on paper rolls.Anyone a Comptometer Operator ? A position overtaken by the the electronic calculator perhaps ?
Description: operators were taught to use their machine in the same way that typewriters and computer keyboards can be operated using the "touch typing" technique. ... An important feature of Comptometers, which is widely used in these instructions, is that keys in different columns can be pressed simultaneously.
Here’s one type of comptometer.
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We had a few of these at schoolView attachment 167768View attachment 167767 Not a 'Comptometer' that might be recognisable by some. This is a hand operated 'Calculator'. It could calculate: addition. subtraction, multiplication and division. I have tried to understand how to operate it from instructions in the booklet that came with it......I failed.