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Art of compiling statistics patent drawing, 1889
US 395,782Art of compiling statistics1889

PD-20 · US 395,782

Art of compiling statistics

Hollerith's punched-card tabulator, 1889 — built for the U.S. census, seed of the company that became IBM.

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Herman Hollerith
Patented
January 8, 1889

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PD-20 · US 395,782 · Filed September 23, 1884 ·

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