Ajit Pai @AjitPai
OTD in 1890, @uscensusbureau began using Herman Hollerith’s tabulating machine, which had “astounded Census Bureau officials.” “Modified versions of his technology would continue to be used at the Census Bureau until replaced by computers in the 1950s.” https://t.co/TtxaVECrAk — PolitiTweet.org
Ajit Pai @AjitPai
On this date in 1889, @uspto granted Herman Hollerith a patent for a "new and useful Improvement in the Art of Comp… https://t.co/ymV0uH9Pjf
