IBM 5081 Punch Card Used with Punch Card Gauge

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Object Details

Maker

IBM

Description

This standard eighty-column paper punch card was received with a punch card gauge (1990.0113.01). A mark near the bottom edge at the left reads IBM5081.

These materials were used in Robert A. McConnell's research on parapsychology.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Robert A. McConnell

date made

1960s

ID Number

1990.0113.03

accession number

1990.0113

catalog number

1990.0113.03

Object Name

punch card

Punch Card

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: .1 cm x 18.8 cm x 8.3 cm; 1/32 in x 7 13/32 in x 3 9/32 in

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Medicine and Science: Mathematics

Computers & Business Machines

Punch Cards

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Mathematics

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-6ebe-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_904248