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Herman Hollerith
Herman Hollerith , 1860-1929, American inventor, b. Buffalo, N.Y. After graduating from Columbia Univ. (B.S., 1879), he worked on the U.S. Census of 1880. Intrigued by the problem of tabulating vast amounts of data, he developed over the next several years a card that could be represent data through... Read more
typewriter
typewriter instrument for producing by manual operation characters similar to those of printing. Corresponding to each key on the instrument's keyboard is a steel type. Activated through a series of levers or an electronic impulse when its key is pressed, the type strikes the paper in the machine t... Read more
machine tool
machine tool power-operated tool used for finishing or shaping metal parts, especially parts of other machines. An establishment that is equipped with such tools and specializes in such work is known as a machine shop. Machine tools operate by removing material from the workpiece, much as a sculpto... Read more
sewing machine
sewing machine device that stitches cloth and other materials. An attempt at mechanical sewing was made in England (1790) with a machine having a forked, automatic needle that made a single-thread chain. In 1830, B. Thimonnier, a French tailor, patented a wooden device with a hooked needle. In 1841... Read more
machine gun
machine gun an automatic gun that fires bullets in rapid succession for as long as the trigger is pressed. v. machine-gun shoot with a machine gun. machine-gunner n.... Read more
machine
machine arrangement of moving and stationary mechanical parts used to perform some useful work or to provide transportation. From a historical perspective, many of the first machines were the result of human efforts to improve war-making capabilities; the term engineer at one time had an exclus... Read more
facsimile
facsimile or fax, in communications, system for transmitting pictures or other graphic matter by wire or radio. Facsimile is used to transmit such materials as documents, telegrams, drawings, pictures taken from satellites, and even entire newspapers. The surface of the material to be sent is t... Read more
fluoroscope
fluoroscope , instrument consisting of an X-ray machine (see X ray ) and a fluorescent screen that may be used by physicians to view the internal organs of the body. During medical diagnosis the patient stands between the X-ray machine, or other radiation source, and the fluorescent screen. Radiati... Read more
Albany Regency
Albany Regency name given, after 1820, to the leaders of the first political machine, which was developed in New York state by Martin Van Buren . The name derived from the charge that Van Buren's principal supporters, residing in Albany, managed the machine for him while he served in the U.S. Sena... Read more
Thomas John Watson, Jr.
Thomas John Watson, Jr. 1914-93, American industrialist, b. Dayton, Ohio. The son of Thomas John Watson , Sr., the founder of the International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), he joined the family business following his graduation from Brown Univ. in 1937. Except for service as a pilot in the Army ... Read more

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International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION...previously managed, International Time Recording...called Tabulating Machine Company. A man...needs adopted the machine for their own...than selling its machines increased its...
Heart-Lung Machine
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...called the heart-lung machine, the device also...build a heart-lung machine after a young female...Watson, chairperson of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM...x2019; s heart-lung machine was perfected after...
SIC 2397 Schiffli Machine Embroideries
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...companies whose primary business is Schiffli embroidery...lace is produced by a machine with several hundred...the full width of the machine, the needles move...equipment such as Schiffli machines. Many types of lace are machine made, frequently with...along with more relaxed ...
SIC 2517 Wood Television, Radio, Phonograph, and Sewing Machine Cabinets
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...PHONOGRAPH, AND SEWING MACHINE CABINETS This category...phonographs, and sewing machines. NAICS Code(s...Radio, and Sewing Machine Cabinet Manufacturing...concentrations of businesses in this category...S. wooden cabinet business emerge as a small...category as its primary business. ...
SIC 7993 Coin-Operated Amusement Devices
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...other places of business. Such amusement...jukeboxes, pinball machines, mechanical games...introduced. The International Association of...the video poker machines in Las Vegas...is fed into the machine, and winnings...lottery terminal machines offer the gambler...the industry is ...
Information Processing: Historical Perspectives
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, 2nd ed. ...FIRST CALCULATING MACHINES To increase the...first adding machine, called the...the Tabulating Machine Company in 1896...company became International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation...Mark I. This machine was similar to...
Office Technology
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...registers (adding machines with drawers...Dayton, Ohio, coal business in 1882, he founded...adding‐machine companies at the...develop sorting machines using punched cards...the Hollerith machines were soon installed...with the smaller International Business ...
IBM Corp
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce ...itself as an e-business services provider...s Tabulating Machine Co.; the Computing...established in 1901; and International Time Recording...scales, tabulating machines and more, C...what would become International Business Machines...International Business ...
Hollerith, Herman
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...evolved into the International Business Machines Company (IBM...designed a machine to tabulate...to provide machines to be used...tabulating machines, Hollerith...humble "press" machine, using paper...way for all businesses to efficiently...IBM, the International ...
Burroughs, William S.
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...accurate. By 1895, 284 machines had been sold and the...stunning 1,500 adding machines in 1900. It soon moved...the Burroughs Adding Machine Company. Helmed by...to manufacture the machines. The Burroughs Corporation...competitor, IBM, or International Business Machines, Inc. ...

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Microsoft
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...stories in American business. The roots of the...with the 1s and 0s of machine code, requiring the...at the front of the machine. Despite these limitations...using a Teletype machine to communicate. To...languages for the new machines. Bill Gates attended...feel. In 1981, the ...
Audio Technology Industry
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...that his "talking machine" would allow businessmen...Yet the anticipated business market failed to materialize...commercial dictating machines' poor sound reproduction...potential of the talking machine was becoming increasingly...the Victor Talking Machine Company, formed by...sought to ...
Boot and Shoe Manufacturing
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...of the Howe sewing machine to stitching uppers...upper to the sole (the machine bears the name of Col...s welt-stitching machine for joining the upper...The advantages of machines, especially those...workers formed the International Boot and Shoe Workers...did not become big business ...
IBM
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing IBM International Business Machines Corporation. IBM was incorporated...of sufficient power to run useful business applications changed the emphasis...competitors to introduce compatible machines (IBM had put the PC architecture...
Linde, Carl von
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...matters which led him to study machine construction. Thus from...others, the locomotive and machine factory of A. Borsig in...cooling the undertaking was an international success. In order to explore...from the management of the business in 1891; at that time twelve...the theory of refrigeration ...
Nairne, Edward
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...physics . Nairne achieved an international reputation as one of the...1748 and established his business in London at 20 Cornhill...improved form of electrostatic machine using a cylindrical glass...instruments, electrical machines, vacuum pumps, and measuring...for Using the Electrical ...
Robberies
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...the 1890s. Automatic teller machines (ATMs) brought theft increases...instances, thieves removed entire machines, opened them, and stole...as $40 million from client businesses and banks over three years...Essays. London: Kluwer Law International, 1998. Kathleen B. Culver...
Courier Services
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...flung nature of business operations in the international economy, the popularity...document delivery business faced new competition...development of fax machines and electronic mail...speed of national and international package delivery due...important links between businesses in ...
fax
Book article from: A Dictionary of Business and Management fax A widely used method of communication between businesses, linked to the international telephone system. Use of a fax machine enables messages, copies of documents, diagrams, plans, etc., to be sent for...
Bush, George Walker
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...an MBA from Harvard Business School, and returned...reforms to stimulate business. As Governor, he moved...friendliness towards business interests allowed him...against the formidable machine of his Democratic opponent...Iraq, and to enlist international aid in doing so. Nevertheless...

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Transfer machines help bring business back: as companies continue to wrestle with offshore competitors, many--including some job shops--are finding a solution in the utilization of transfer machines.(Machine/Turning Centers)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Modern Applications News; 8/1/2004; 700+ words ; ...equipped CNC transfer machines. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] TPS International (Sussex, WI...American-built machine tools, as well...Recapturing Business "Overall, the...platform enabled this machine to be built...capability transfer machines like the Transturn...with transfer ...
Transfer machines help regain business in the states.(Case In Point)
Magazine article from: Production Machining; 8/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...equipped CNC transfer machines. TPS International, Inc. (Sussex...and American-built machine tools, as well as...packages with transfer machines based on customer...platform enabled this machine to be built, Mr...capability transfer machines such as the Transturn...firms recapturing ...
Fax Machines Open Lines of Communication; Businesses Ring Up Sales Of Document-Sending Tool
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/11/1988; ; 700+ words ; ...company, has seven machines in operation, one...to be one with a fax machine. On that basis, Attorneys...title insurance on the machine. "It paid for all seven fax machines," said Jack Mahoney...we have all of their business in our shop," Mahoney...Morris, director for international ...
How machine charge rates help build a business. (construction fleet management)(includes related article on financial management)
Magazine article from: Construction Equipment; 5/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...overhead when devising machine rates. The cost of...But undercharging for machine use is dangerous because...little left to replace machines as they wear out. As machines wear and become less...Engineers and Constructors International. "I've decided...to charge itself for machine ...
Connect, monitor, manage: find out how machine-to-machine (M2M) technologies can automate and streamline business operations.(Machine-to-Machine)
Magazine article from: Mobile Business Advisor; 8/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...everyday devices around you. Machine-to-machine (M2M) communications let businesses remotely track, monitor...the detrimental effect of machine downtime, M2M is much needed...companies with large numbers of machines, or those that manufacture...
Father of Slot Machines Traces His History to Poverty in Mississippi.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 9/17/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...one of the machines. Redd put...to prop the machine on bricks...the pinball business.' "So that...operated machines." Millions...manufacturing giant International Game Technology...according to International Gaming & Wagering Business magazine...distributed 115,000 ...
Cognex Corporation Acquires the Machine Vision Business Of Gavitec.
Business Wire; 12/1/2003; 700+ words ; Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NATICK, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 2003 Cognex...world's leading supplier of machine vision systems, announced...acquired the machine vision business of Gavitec AG of Aachen, Germany...
Lotto Machines in West Virginia Cause Problems, Retailers Say.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 12/5/2000; ; 648 words ; ...We hate the new machines. They are not user...problems with the new machines." "This is about...we have a different machine, a more-advanced...Automated Wagering International, or AWI. Among the...contract to supply machines that printed Powerball...Knight Ridder/Tribune Business ...
MACHINE MATES SMALL FABRICATION SHOPS PARTNER WITH MANY STATE MANUFACTURERS, KEEPING THE PARTS COMING AND BOOSTING WISCONSIN'S ECONOMY.(BUSINESS)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 4/28/2002; 700+ words ; ...Byline: Judy Newman Business reporter While...soars aboard the international space station...nearly a dozen small machine shops in southern...with high-tech machines -- such as Spartan Laser, Hi-Tech Machine in Paoli and Eyeball...Paoli's Hi-Tech Machine has mounted some...seven ...
A new age in bar machines heats up coffee's business. (espresso coffee machines)
Magazine article from: Tea & Coffee Trade Journal; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...Milan Fair - the international event where the earliest 'espresso' machines were first displayed...fully automatic machine has become a real...This is causing machine designers not only...heritage of espresso machines themselves. This...age of Italian machine design, when the...No ...