IBM 1441139x Punch Card Advertising the IBM 602A Calculating Punch

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Object Details

maker

IBM

Description

This white paper punch card demonstrates how an average hourly rate of pay can be calculated for a worker paid partly on piece work and partly on day work, receiving a bonus. It was intended as advertising for the IBM 602A calculating punch.

The left half of the card has text describing the product. It reads in part: ARITHMETIC (/) CALCULATIONS ARE PERFORMED IN (/) ONE OPERATION BY THE NEW (/)TYPE 602A CALCULATING PUNCH. The right side has columns of holes to be punched that are numbered from 37 to 80.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Milton Schwartzbart

date made

ca 1948

ID Number

1995.3080.01

nonaccession number

1995.3080

catalog number

1995.3080.01

Object Name

punch card

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: .1 cm x 18.7 cm x 8.1 cm; 1/32 in x 7 3/8 in x 3 3/16 in

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Medicine and Science: Mathematics

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Science & Mathematics

Punch Cards

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Mathematics

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-0cd1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_690155