Aiken wrote a report on how he envisaged the machine, and in particular how such a machine designed to be used in scientific research would differ from a punched card machine.
Aiken wrote isang ulat sa kung paano siya envisaged ang makina, at sa partikular kung paano tulad ng isang makina dinisenyo upang magamit sa pananaliksik sa agham ay naiiba mula sa isang punched card machine.