Editing Powers Accounting Machine (section)

{{Short description|Early 20th-century tabulating machine}}
[[File:Powers-Samas accounting machine.jpg|thumb|A Powers-Samas accounting machine]]
The '''Powers Accounting Machine''' was an information processing device developed in the early 20th century for the [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. It was then produced and marketed by the '''Powers Accounting Machine Company''', an information technology company founded by the machine's developer. The company thrived in the early 20th century as a producer of [[tabulating machine]]s. It was a predecessor to the [[Unisys]] corporation.