Hollerith Patent "Apparatus for Compiling Statistics"

January 8, 1889

H. Hollerith, “Apparatus for Compiling Statistics,” U.S. patent #395783, patented Jan. 8, 1889.

Object Source & Copyright

  • Repository United States Patent Office
  • Date January 8, 1889
  • Creator Herman Hollerith
  • Copyright Public Domain
  • Disclaimer Courtesy of the U.S. Patent Office

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  • Title Hollerith Patent "Apparatus for Compiling Statistics"
  • Keywords Hollerith, Herman, Patent, Punch card, data, statistics, census,
  • Website Name Immigrant Entrepreneurship
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  • Access Date September 22, 2023
  • Publisher German Historical Institute
  • Original Published Date
  • Date of Last Update August 9, 2018