The machines were first used on a large scale in ... Both companies licensed patents to European vendors, some of which developed their own models. In the 1950s both companies introduced tabulating ...

These include designs for fabrics woven with them, cards and sets of cards, a machine for cutting such cards, and related patent models. In addition, Textiles has coverlets, shawls, and fabric samples ...

Developed by Herman Hollerith, a Census Bureau statistician, the machine was first used to count the U.S. census of 1890. It was so successful that Hollerith later formed the Tabulating Machine ...