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Comptometer|kɒm(p)ˈtɒmɪtə(r)| Also comptometer. [app. f. F. compte count n.1 + -ometer.] The proprietary name of a calculating-machine. Also attrib.
1894Work 24 Mar. 151 Burroughs' accountant and comptometer. 1904Engin. Mag. July 612 The Comptometer is a key-operated machine for performing the four basic mathematical operations. 1921Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §939 Comptometer operator. 1929B'ham Post 17 Aug. 3/6 (Advt.), Comptometer operators... Comptometer school. 1935Trade Marks Jrnl. 9 Oct. 1257 Comptometer, calculating machine. Felt & Tarrant Manufacturing Company..City of Chicago, State of Illinois. 1940‘N. Shute’ Landfall vii. 170 Plodding through endless computations with slide rule, graphs, and the little black comptometer. |