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Desk for working on punch cards.
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Title: The Sorting And Counting Mechanism
From: The Hollerith Method Of Statistical Tabulation
Creator: n/a
Date: October 12, 1899
Format: Engraving
Publication: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
Source: Available at selected libraries
Location: p.182
Keywords: Census; Demographics; Government; Government Agencies; Herman Hollerith; Hollerith Tabulator; Statistics; Technology & Equipment
Topics: Government, Policy & Law; Science, Health & Technology


Objects From This Artifact:
- Gang-Punch For Punching The Enumerator's Combination (still)
- Key-Board For Designating Individual Records (still)
- One Of The Counters (still)
- The Card Removed From The Press And Deposited In The Sorting-Box (still)
- The Hollerith Method Of Statistical Tabulation (doc)
- The Sorting And Counting Mechanism (still)