Tabulating Machine

The art of compiling statistics

Sep 23, 2023

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Today in 1884, Herman Hollerith filed an application for a patent for a punched card tabulating machine titled “Art of Compiling Statistics.” The patent will be granted on January 8, 1889 and the tabulating machine will be used to speed up the processing of the 1890 U.S. Census.

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