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306 Million And Counting
Another shot from our trip to the Computer History Museum. This is the Hollerith Census Machine.
From the display;
"Herman Hollerith invented the first automated tabulating system using punch cards. Initially designed to process the 1890 US census, his system became the basis for punch card accounting machines for most of the twentieth century. Hollerith became wealthy as his Tabulating Machine Company expanded beyond government customers to include railroads, insurance companies, and manufacturers.
Hollerith sold his patent rights in 1911 to a holding company that was renamed International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) in 1924. Throughout most of the 20th century, punch card machines grew very sophistocated and bridged the gap between paper and electronic ages."
US population counted in the 1890 census was right around 63 million. Today we're at 306 million and counting.
306 Million And Counting
Another shot from our trip to the Computer History Museum. This is the Hollerith Census Machine.
From the display;
"Herman Hollerith invented the first automated tabulating system using punch cards. Initially designed to process the 1890 US census, his system became the basis for punch card accounting machines for most of the twentieth century. Hollerith became wealthy as his Tabulating Machine Company expanded beyond government customers to include railroads, insurance companies, and manufacturers.
Hollerith sold his patent rights in 1911 to a holding company that was renamed International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) in 1924. Throughout most of the 20th century, punch card machines grew very sophistocated and bridged the gap between paper and electronic ages."
US population counted in the 1890 census was right around 63 million. Today we're at 306 million and counting.