Habravchanam proposed
test for intelligence . Guess what stationery devices are depicted in the pictures. I suggest that the machine shown as number one was used mainly in banks (I don’t know if I’m using it now, but hardly), and device number six is specifically accounting. The last question is the most tricky, as they say on filling.
The answers are under the cut.
1. Perforation machine, they are also called
checkwriters or
checkprotectors . Image taken from advertising:

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Other similar devices - the appearance of all different, it should be noted:
2. Just a
pencil holder , side and top views:
3. Also for pencils -
extension . The stub is uncomfortable to hold, falls out of the fingers, and with an extension cord - no problems.
4. If you guessed it, well done, but I would never have guessed. Stationery and hygiene:
wetting stamps and envelopes .

Scared of infection? Run quickly, the seller’s address is specified: St. Petersburg, Liteiny, 55.
Here, by the way, other devices of similar purpose:


5. No, this is not the first model of the Nokia mobile phone - this is an
automatic address-telephone directory . And why the telephone circle? Well, as you do not understand, the reference book is automatic: you dial the number, and the reference book opens on the necessary page. Just do not ask how it works - I do not know. In the original source, an old journal article, it was written like this: for what I bought, for what I sell.
6. And the most difficult. The last figure shows the so-called
counting accounting line , not to be confused with the logarithmic one. As I warned, the device is purely accounting, it solves the problem of quickly rewriting numbers from one statement to another. How does an accountant work without such a counting line? It suffers, as it constantly confuses the necessary lines that flicker before the eyes. And with a counting ruler, the lighter is easy: you pre-set the petals in the right positions, attach them to the list, and how much has changed! - unnecessary lines were closed for viewing, and the necessary open. This is approximately.

Now it is difficult to make a mistake. Of course, the method is effective only for the same type of rewriting - many accountants, however, and work.
In addition to the counting accounting lines, to view the statements were used and the device is simpler, such as cardboard with slotted holes:


The principle of operation is the same as that of the counting line, but it is much easier to manufacture.
Thank you, that's all for today. Hopefully, habravchanam still not fed up with retro.