On August 21, 1888, William Seward Burroughs received patents on adding machine applications. Born in the mid 1850s, William Seward Burroughs was the son of Edmund Burroughs, a mechanic, and Ellen Julia Burroughs, a homemaker. As a young boy, Burroughs started working with machines while being educated at public schools. In the years that followed, it grew into the largest adding machine company and went on to include new variations like typewriters, check protectors and ticketeers. The calculating machine that Burroughs invented no longer exists, but his legacy surely lives on.

Source: The Hindu August 21, 2016 09:22 UTC