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Powers Accounting Machine Company

Powers Accounting Machine Company (also known as Powers Tabulating Machine Company) was an early 20th century tabulating_machine company. It was founded in 1911 in Newark, N.J., and moved in 1914 to Brooklyn.

Russian-born James Powers was hired by the U.S. Census Bureau in 1907 to help the government avoid what were perceived as excessive charges by Herman_Hollerith's Tabulating_Machine_Company. Although Hollerith had numerous patents, Powers managed to avoid infringement and created a faster, cheaper machine that was compatible with Hollerith's punch card format.

In 1927, Powers Accounting Machine Company merged with the Remington Typewriter Company and Rand Cardex to form Remington_Rand.

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