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Hollerith (USA) constructs the first electro mechanical adding and
sorting machine. The machine is made in this year and demonstrated to
some persons. But the only way to sell this machine was to enter a contest
and prove its usefulness. Hollerith wins the contest and his machine will
be used with the census in 1890. The machine is ready with the data processing
one whole year before anything done by hand would have been ready. Off
course this establishes the fame of automation and people become convinced
of the speed and accuracy of machines like that. Hollerith will found
Tabulating and Recording Company. This company, with other mergers as
well, will become the IBM company.
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