Day in Tech History

Day in Tech History


January 8: Hollerith Tabulating Machine Patent

January 08, 2013

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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