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Tabulator and Summary Card Punch

Powers-Samas1959

The National Museum of Computing

The National Museum of Computing
MILTON KEYNES, United Kingdom

Powers-Samas Tabulator and Summary Card Punch. James Powers (of Powers-Samas) constructed the first successful printing tabulator in 1913; he believed a machine capable of printing out results on paper was essential. The earliest tabulators were only capable of printing figures but demand prompted the development of alphabetical units.

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  • Title: Tabulator and Summary Card Punch
  • Creator: Powers-Samas
  • Date Created: 1959
  • Rights: Image courtesy of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory.
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