This machine received hand-fed punched cards and allowed metal pins to pass through the holes into cups filled with Mercury, completing an electric circuit.
Herman Hollerith did not actually win a contest, but he was one of the people that led to the development of the computer. Herman Hollerith is famous for inventing a punch card device. The punch card device was used in the 1896 Census in the United States.
It was NOT a computer. Herman Hollerith invented a set of manually operated punch card handling devices.
Hollerith was an employee of the US Census Bureau. As there were no electronic computers, it was not a computer punch card, but was used in the 1890 census to semi-automate the processing and counting using electromechanical counters and sorters.
to help his father
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Herman Hollerith was born on February 29, 1860.
Herman Hollerith was born on February 29, 1860.
Herman Hollerith
Herman Hollerith did not actually win a contest, but he was one of the people that led to the development of the computer. Herman Hollerith is famous for inventing a punch card device. The punch card device was used in the 1896 Census in the United States.
It was Herman Hollerith, not Henry Hollerith.
Herman hollerith invented it.
Herman Hollerith died on November 17, 1929 at the age of 69.
Herman Hollerith was born on February 29, 1860 and died on November 17, 1929
It was NOT a computer. Herman Hollerith invented a set of manually operated punch card handling devices.
he made the keypunch
Herman Hollerith