Electrical Component Associated with Herman Hollerith

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Description
This metal component includes a wooden framework painted black. An interrupter is at one end, and an electromagnet within the box. Herman Hollerith was the first inventor to build successful computing devices based on electromagnets. This may have been a part of a tabulating machine.
This piece does not seem to match any drawing in Hollerith’s patents.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Richard Hollerith Jr. for the Herman Hollerith Family
ca 1890
ID Number
1995.3037.01
nonaccession number
1995.3037
catalog number
1995.3037.01
Object Name
tabulating machine component
Physical Description
wood (overall material)
metal (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 7.3 cm x 3.2 cm x 15 cm; 2 7/8 in x 1 1/4 in x 5 29/32 in
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Computers & Business Machines
Tabulating Equipment
National Museum of American History
web subject
Mathematics
Record ID
nmah_690054
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-1cb7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Device Associated with Herman Hollerith
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