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Wow this is cool! It would be awesome to learn more about its history. The nameplate (visible at 11:10 [0]) says patented with a date of 1901, which is 10 years
by lenwood 5y ago
Wow this is cool! It would be awesome to learn more about its history. The nameplate (visible at 11:10 [0]) says patented with a date of 1901, which is 10 years before IBM was founded [1]. This was curious to me so I looked up the patent [2], which was granted in 1905. Based on this it seems that IBM must have purchased the rights to this patent and that it was either made or refurbished after 1911.
[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8VhNF_0I5c&t=670s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8VhNF_0I5c&t=670s
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM
[2]: https://patents.google.com/patent/US800979A/en https://patents.google.com/patent/US800979A/en