Printing Cylinder for IBM Punch Cards
Object Details
- IBM
- Description
- This chrome-plated hollow brass cylinder has embossed on its outer surface the numbers and letters for an 80-column IBM punch card. Sections of the card are for several quantities associated with shipping (amount, miles, hours, job number, account number, rate per hour, department number, order number, day, month, etc.) The cylinder was used to print the IBM cards. According to the donor, the object dates from the early 1960s.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Milton Schwartzbart
- 1960s
- ID Number
- 1995.0248.01
- accession number
- 1995.0248
- catalog number
- 1995.0248.01
- Object Name
- Printing Cylinder
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- chrome (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8.3 cm x 6 cm x 6 cm; 3 9/32 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in
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- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Computers & Business Machines
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Record ID
- nmah_690191
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-188f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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