Counter from a Hollerith Tabulating Machine
name: label: used at
content: Cornell University
notes: label: Description
content: This counter is like those found in a Hollerith tabulating machine. It has a square, wooden face, a plastic cover, and a metal mechanism. A mark on the front reads: THE HOLLERITH/ ELECTRIC TABULATING SYSTEM. PATENTED 1889.
label: Description
content: The device was used in the psychology department at Cornell University.
label: Description
content: Compare MA.300427.027.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Psychology
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Tabulating Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Cornell University Department of Psychology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.300427.028
label: catalog number
content: 300427.028
label: accession number
content: 300427
objectType: label: Object Name
content: counter
label: Object Name
content: counter
label: Object Name
content: counter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (mechanism material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (framework material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (cover plate material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6.4 cm x 7.8 cm x 6.9 cm; 2 1/2 in x 3 1/16 in x 2 11/16 in