These machines made it possible to complete the 1890 census in a single year, while the 1880 census (a much smaller task) had taken 8 years with traditional hand methods.
to help his father
Invented by Herman Hollerith, the machine was developed to help process data for the 1890 U.S. Census.
1890 US Census.
Herman Hollerith founded the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, or CTR. In 1924 CTR became the International Business Machines Corporation.
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.
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Herman Hollerith is the founder of The Tabulating Machine Company in 1896 which later became the International Business Machine in 1924, after a few mergers.
to help his father
Herman Hollerith invented the tabulating machine to support work in the US 1890 census, tabulating numbers for the count of population in the country.
1890, by Herman Hollerith for US census.
Invented in 1890, by Herman Hollerith, it was a way to speed up the tabulation of the US Census.
Herman Hollerith was born on February 29, 1860.
Herman Hollerith was born on February 29, 1860.
Herman Hollerith
The answer is Herman Hollerith.
Invented by Herman Hollerith, the machine was developed to help process data for the 1890 U.S. Census.
It was Herman Hollerith, not Henry Hollerith.