The Hollerith Census Machine was first used in 1890, for the US Census. It massively accelerated the recording and analysing of census data. A punch card was created using the device on the left from a preliminary data sheet, and read through a reader (right) that completed a circuit where there were holes in the card, and recorded the result.
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