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An early type of time clock, the autograph recorder, was patented in Chicago USA by Charles E, Van Voorhis in 1888, and manufactured by the Chicago Time Register Company. In this design, the employee signs his name on roll and operates a lever to obtain an automatic time stamp from an associated clock mechanism. [2].
1890: The Accurate Time Stamp Company (later renamed the Standard Time Stamp Company)- A Complete Automatic Time-Dating Stamp. [9] [10] 1893: Alexander Dey and relatives form the Dey Patents Co., later renamed the Dey Time Register Co. of Syracuse, New York. [11] [12] [13] < 1894: Daniel M. Cooper patents the first card time-recorder.
A variable value stamp is a gummed or self-adhesive postage stamp of a common design, issued by a machine similar to an automatic teller machine (ATM), with a value of the user's choice printed at the time the stamp is dispensed. The value may be variable or from a fixed selection of postal rates.
Bates Automatic Numbering-Machine, approx 1906, with a number printed by the machine. Bates numbering (also known as Bates stamping, Bates branding, Bates coding or Bates labeling) is a method of sequentially numbering pages with a reference number. A hand-operated Bates numbering device is used to "stamp" a number on a page, and the numbers ...
For example, Bob Hayes won the 100 meters in a FAT time of 10.06 seconds, which was converted to an official time of 10.0 seconds: the FAT systems in 1964 and 1968 had a built-in 0.05 second delay, meaning Hayes' FAT time was measured as 10.01 seconds, which was rounded to 10.0 seconds for official purposes (despite the fact that officials with ...
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Many postal administrations around the world have used automatic stamp vending machines including the United States, where private manufacturers began vending stamps from coils in 1908. Most countries of the Commonwealth of Nations have issued stamps for use in Stamp Vending Machines, including Hong Kong, New Zealand and Malta.
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