top of page

Edwin Wiswall, Inventor 1902

  • Writer: Lawrence Lore
    Lawrence Lore
  • Apr 11, 2023
  • 1 min read

In the August 28,1902 edition of the Lawrenceville Republican was a short paragraph stating that "Edwin Wiswall of Petty returned from Indianapolis Saturday where he was getting a model of an adding machine he has invented and patented. " Researchers found the actual patent #07703330-A for this machine which was dated June 24, 1902 and witnessed by Daniel Leach and Charles McOrr.


Perpective view of Exterior case and keyboard- 10" long, 8" wide and 4" deep



Recent Posts

See All
Henry Bass and Mother Goose

Recently, our researcher has been working on organizing our family files and binders (we are still in the A’s). The Adams’ family binder...

 
 
How Many Children Have You?

News for the Lawrenceville and Vincennes newspapers June 18 1880 Robinson was going to have an old fashioned barbeque to celebrate the...

 
 

     Call us:

618-943-3870

Email:

 lawrencelore@gmail.com

  • Facebook page

JOIN OUR FREE BLOG SUBSCRIPTION!

Thanks for subscribing!

© Lawrence County Historical Society 2025. All Rights Reserved.

bottom of page