At this time Burroughs became interested in solving the problem of creating an adding machine. The same technique works for subtracting on an adding machine. Koster was a founding member of Major Organ and the Adding Machine. Elliott-Fisher became the parent of the Underwood Typewriter Company and the Sundstrand Adding Machine Co. Then we see him literally multiplying them from an adding machine. Those that could multiply, used a form of the old adding machine multiplication method. He has lost one leg, but gained the ability to run an adding machine. Adding Machine is a musical adaptation of Elmer Rice's 1923 play "The Adding Machine". The modern four-row arrangement debuted with the Sundstrand Adding Machine in 1911. A smaller, 10-key input first started on the Standard Adding Machine in 1901. Here her purchases are quickly totaled on an adding machine and she receives her slip. It was soon the biggest adding machine company in America. William Seward Burroughs received a patent for his adding machine on August 25, 1888. Input in this style is similar to a calculator or adding machine. Blaise Pascal invented the mechanical calculator in 1642; it was the first operational adding machine.