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Alexander Graham Bell To Mabel Hubbard Bell, January 29, 1901
The time is at hand when I must make a report to the Director of the Census -- or rather to Dr. Wines -- on the arrangement of the census details relating to the Blind and the Deaf upon a card punched by the Census Clerks, so that the returns may be electrically tabulated by the Hollerith machine employed in the Census Office....
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Title: Alexander Graham Bell To Mabel Hubbard Bell, January 29, 1901
Creator: Alexander Graham Bell (author)
Date: January 29, 1901
Format: Letter
Source: Library of Congress
Keywords: Alexander Graham Bell; Blind; Census; Correspondence; Deaf; France; Government Agencies; Hollerith Tabulator; John Hitz; Oralism; Public Health; Sensory Disability; Statistics; Technology & Equipment; Volta Bureau
Topics: Government, Policy & Law; Science, Health & Technology