January 8, 1889: Hollerith Tabulating Machine Patent

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Herman Hollerith Tabulating Machine
Herman Hollerith Tabulating Machine

1889 – Herman Hollerith obtains a patent for his Tabulating machine. It’s a punch card system that will be used in compiling consensus statistics beginning in 1890.Wikazine – Full show notes for January 8

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