... The next model had a clear "celluloid" case!
Herman Hollerith This technology was originated by Herman Hollerith, in time for the Census of 1890, and is considered the foundation for ...
... indistinct to read. I'm stumped.
[They look to be Hollerith tabulators (punch-card machines) made by IBM, a technology that ... IT&T in The Hague. We had to enter our results onto Hollerith cards but the machine to do that with was a lot smaller than the ones ...
... cards, it would have been called a "52 pick-up"; in Hollerith cards, it might have been a 5200 pick-up, or worse. They used to ... at the time (when some utility bills were still on these Hollerith cards) was that if you soaked them in a mixture of diluted bleach ...
... are very high-class. I've only ever seen paper ones."
Hollerith cards seen here (and nowadays often incorrectly called IBM cards) are ... currency, i.e. the old "greenbacks." Greenbacks and Hollerith cards are the same size.
Here's a short Wikipedia article on ...
... stuff to them. These machines just punch holes in the Hollerith cards. The machinery at the back of the room does all the adding up ... F first, ten minutes please
Punch cards Herman Hollerith introduced tabulating machines and punched card tabulating systems to ...