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Herman Hollerith papers at the Library of Congress. Richard Hollerith Papers at Hagley Museum and Library. Richard Hollerith was the grandson of Herman Hollerith and part of this collection documents the sale and settlement of the Herman Hollerith estate following the death of his last remaining child, Virginia. Fleishman, Sandra (March 5, 2005).
Hollerith 1890 tabulating machine with sorting box. [a] Hollerith punched card. The tabulating machine was an electromechanical machine designed to assist in summarizing information stored on punched cards. Invented by Herman Hollerith, the machine was developed to help process data for the 1890 U.S. Census.
Died: Herman Hollerith, 69, American businessman and inventor known for creating the Hollerith card, setting the model for punch cards that were later used for ...
Herman (born 29 Feb 1860, died 17 Nov 1929) has been dead for quite some time, but like that fellow in The Pirates of Penzance, remains youthful in terms of birthdays. (Yes, it's been 164 years, but he missed a birthday back in 1900, which wasn't a leap year.)
Hollerith's plant in 1893. Herman Hollerith initially did business under his own name, as The Hollerith Electric Tabulating System, specializing in punched card data processing equipment. [23] In 1896 he incorporated as the Tabulating Machine Company and in 1905 reincorporated as The Tabulating Machine Company. [24]
Replica of Hollerith tabulating machine with sorting box, circa 1890. The "sorting box" was an adjunct to, and controlled by, the tabulator. The "sorter", an independent machine, was a later development. [15] 1884: Herman Hollerith files a patent application titled "Art of Compiling Statistics"; granted U.S. patent 395,782 on January 8, 1889.
David Hollerith. January 25, 2024 at 4:00 AM. The boss of the sixth-largest lender in the US is making it clear that he no longer wants it to be viewed as a regional bank.
The map was drawn at St-Die in 1507 and it was the first time "America" was used on a map. Otto Wallach: Chemist who researched, amongst others, alicyclic compounds. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1910. Hellmuth Walter: Engineer who pioneered research into rocket engines and gas turbines. Felix Wankel: Inventor of the Rotary Motor.