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Ncr: Patterson, John H.
John H. Patterson bought the company that sold the new invention, the cash register, and renamed it the National Cash Register Company, to become the worldwide business, NCR. Read this biography of Patterson and his impact on business,...
Ohio History Central
Ohio History Central: James Ritty
Biography of James Ritty, the inventor of the cash register.
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Ncr: James Ritty, Inventor of the Cash Register, 1879
An interesting biography of James Ritty and an account of how he invented the cash register. Included are pictures of his designs and the prototypes.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Invention of the Week: James Ritty
The interesting biography of James Ritty and his design of the first mechanical cash register. His subsequent sale of the invention to John H. Patterson blossomed into the company, National Cash Register Company.