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85/472 Counter, electromechanical, Hollerith Electric Tabulating System, wood/brass/lacquered paper, USA, c 1890
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History Notes include facts about what has happened to an object since manufacture. This could include who owned it and how it was used (provenance). It may also describe any cultural meanings with which it may have become associated. History notes
It is possible that the counter is from one of Herman Hollerith's tabulators built for the American census of 1890.
The Tabulating machine was purchased from Mr Ben Hart, who obtained the counter when he was Principal of the Staff Training College of ICL, London.

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Description
Counter, electromechanical, Hollerith Electric Tabulating System, wood/brass/lacquered paper, USA, c 1890.

Hollerith Electric Tabulating system, large brass dial with lacquered face with increments from 0-99. Face has two metal hands similar to clock hands that act as pointers, one for single units the other for 100 units. Each complete revolution of the single unit pointer registers a unit by the 100 unit hand. The face is mounted on a square brass stand, the mechanics of the unit are visible from the sides of this stand. The entire unit is bolted to a square wooden base.

Designer: Hollerith, Herman; Washington DC, USA

Maker: Hollerith Tabulating Machine Company; Washington DC, USA; 1865 - 1915
Marks
Printed around the centre of the front face "THE HOLLRERITH ELECTRIC TABULATING SYSTEM/PATENTED 1889"
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
85/472
Height
75 mm
Diameter
75 mm

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Acquisition credit line
Purchased 1985

This object record is currently incomplete. The information available may date back as far as 125 years. Other information may exist in a non-digital form. The Museum continues to update and add new research to collection records.
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