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American Arithmometer Company
FoundedSt. Louis, Missouri, United States (1886)
Defunct1905
SuccessorBurroughs Adding Machine Company
Headquarters
St. Louis, Missouri
,
United States

The American Arithmometer Company was an American manufacture organized in St. Louis, Missouri in 1886 by William S. Burroughs that produced adding machines.

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