1949. University Mathematical Laboratory, Cambridge. Conference on high speed automatic computing machines. Mimeographed typescript, undated (ca. 1949). 1 sheet. VG. “A conference on high speed automatic computing machines will be held in this laboratory beginning at 11 a.m. on Wednesday 22nd June and ending Saturday 25th June. The conference is..... More
1946. Burks, Arthur W. (1915– ). Super electronic computing machine. Later offprint from Electronic Industries (July 1946). Unbound document, stapled. [8]ff., the last 7 numbered 62–67, 96. Text illustrations. VG. After obtaining his Ph.D. in philosophy and logic in 1941, Burks joined the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the..... More
Lexington, MA: Lincoln Laboratory, 1957. Dinneen, G. P. et al. Logical design of CG24 (a general-purpose computer). Lexington, Mass.: Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 15 April 1957. Original dark blue printed wrappers. Library stamp cancelled on title page. VG. vi, 42pp. Text diagrams. 267 x 216 mm. A report..... More
1947. Lilley, S. ENIAC, ASCC and ACE: Machines that solve complex mathematical problems. In Discovery 8 (1947): 23–32. Whole number. Original printed wrappers, vertically creased, slight wear. VG. 260 x 207 mm. Lilley’s article, one of the earliest on electronic digital computers written for a British popular science magazine, discusses..... More
Paoli, PA: Burroughs, 1954. Patterson, George W. Symbolic methods in the design of delay- and cycle-free logical nets. Mimeographed typescript. Paoli, Pennsylvania: Burroughs Corporation Research Center, March 16, 1954. Unbound as issued. [1], 9ff. Text diagrams. 281 x 217 mm. Light toning but VG. “The relations between the graphical and..... More
1929. [Burroughs Adding Machine Company.] Burroughs Adding Machine Ltd. Adding – bookkeeping – calculating machines. N.p., [May 1929]. Unbound brochure. [4]pp. Illustrated. 281 x 216 mm. Light toning, a few tiny marginal tears. VG. Provenance: Stamp of the L. N. E. R. [London & North Eastern Railway] on the first..... More
London: BBC, 1960. Bagrit, Leon. The A.B.C. of “electronic brains.” [London:] British Broadcasting Corporation, [1960]. Original pictorial wrappers, light wear at spine, a few marginal tears. 47 [1]pp. Text illustrations. 229 x 188 mm. VG. The text of six talks on computers broadcast on the radio by the BBC. Origins..... More
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1954. (1) Hammersley, John M. (1920– ) and Morton, K. W. Poor man’s Monte Carlo. In Symposium on Monte Carlo Methods, reprinted from Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, series B, 16 (1954): 23–38. (2) Tocher. The application of automatic computers to sampling experiments. In Symposium on Monte Carlo Methods..... More
1936. Emde, Fritz (1873–1951). Fortlaufende Rechnungen auf der Rechenmaschine. Offprint from Zeitschrift für Instrumentenkunde 56 (1936). Unbound. [181]–188pp. 263 x 184 mm. First leaf detached, marginal tears, light soiling. Good. On the use of commercial calculating machines for scientific calculation. Origins of Cyberspace 292. More
London: 1914. Muldivo Calculating Machine Company. The Muldivo calculating machine. Made in France. London, n.d. [ca. 1914]. Original printed wrappers. 12pp. Illustrated. 248 x 187 mm. VG. Advertising brochure published by the British branch of the Muldivo company. The brochure includes views of Muldivo’s French factories. Origins of Cyberspace 340..... More
1914. Muldivo Calculating Machine Company. A masterpiece of French mechanism. N.p., n.d. [ca. 1914]. Unbound circular. Single sheet. 272 x 215 mm. Tears in lower margin not affecting text readability. Good. Lists three models of the Muldivo calculator.Origins of Cyberspace 341. More
Kempten: A. Ott, 1931. Ott, A. Der harmonische Analysator Mader-Ott. Kempten: A. Ott, [1931]. Original printed self-wrappers. [2], 17 [1]pp. Text illustrations. 211 x 147 mm. VG. Provenance: Theodore von Kármán. Inscription in unidentified hand on back wrapper. A description of the harmonic analyzer manufactured by the German firm of..... More
Emeryville, CA: 1920. Marchant Calculating Machine Company. Here is the calculator you have been waiting for. Emeryville, Calif.: Marchant Calculating Machine Company, n.d. [ca. 1920]. Unbound single sheet, folded. VG. [2]pp. Text illustrations. 307 x 204 mm. A circular advertising the Pony Marchant Calculator, a manually operated desktop machine for..... More
1930. Gerschgorin, S. Ein Apparat zur mechanischen Ausführung der konformen Abbildung = 1/2 (z + r2/z). Offprint from Zeitschrift für Flugtechnik und Motorluftschiffart 15 (1930). Original pink printed wrappers. Very good. 7 [1]pp. Text illustrations. 210 x 150 mm. Provenance: Theodore von Kármán, with his characteristic docketing . Describes an..... More
New York: 1913. [Tabulating Machine Company – C-T-R – IBM] The Tabulating Machine Company. A business compass: Facts made immediately available for determining business policy. New York, ©1913. Original gray printed wrappers. Very good. 48pp. Illustrated. 228 x 152 mm. Herman Hollerith, a clerk at the U S Census Bureau..... More
London: 1914. First edition. [Tabulating Machine Company – C-T-R – IBM] British Tabulating Machine Company, Ltd. The use of the “Hollerith” tabulating & sorting machines by wholesale merchants. London, n.d. [ca. 1914]. Original printed self-wrappers. Light soiling. 8pp. Illustrated. 248 x 187 mm. Herman Hollerith, a clerk at the U...... More
Burroughs Adding Machine Company.] Burroughs Adding Machine Ltd. Burroughs latest . . . the Burrometer. N.p., n.d. Unbound postcard. Illustrated. 152 x 102 mm. Postcard advertising the Burrometer, a key-driven calculator described as “the fastest calculating machine in the world.” Origins of Cyberspace 241. More
1922. [Burroughs Adding Machine Company.] Burroughs Adding Machine Ltd. The A B C of business: Adding, bookkeeping, calculating. N.p., [May 1922]. Unbound brochure. [6]pp. Illustrated. 287 x 222 mm. Light soiling. Includes a list of British and Irish businesses that “have proved the efficiency of Burroughs machines.” Origins of Cyberspace..... More
1912. [Burroughs Adding Machine Company.] Burroughs Adding Machine Ltd. Statements. N.p., n.d. [ca. 1912]. Original printed wrappers. 17 [1]pp. Illustrated. 220 x 141 mm. Advertising brochure published by Burroughs’s British division, containing testimonials and sample statements generated on Burroughs bookkeeping machines. Origins of Cyberspace 236. More
1918. [Burroughs Adding Machine Company.] Burroughs Adding Machine Ltd. Burroughs adding machines. N.p., [September 1918]. Unbound brochure. [4]pp. Illustrated. 278 x 204 mm. Provenance: Stamp of the Railway, Manchester. Some soiling. Advertisement for the British Burroughs Standard Model 313, a seven-column machine designed for use in small retail businesses. Origins..... More
1918. [Burroughs Adding Machine Company.] Burroughs Adding Machine Ltd. Burroughs automatic bookkeeping machines. N.p., [January 1918]. Unbound brochure. [4]pp. Illustrated. 287 x 214 mm. Advertisement for the British Burroughs Standard Model 256E, a 13-column duplex machine. The name and address of Burroughs’s Manchester distributor, John Drucquer, are stamped on the..... More
Paoli, PA: Burroughs, 1955. Miehle, William. Burroughs truth-function evaluator. Mimeographed typescript. [Paoli, Pennsylvania: Burroughs Corporation, August 1, 1955.] Unbound as issued. 2ff. 2 photostat plates. 280 x 217 mm. “This is an electromechanical device which automatically evaluates a truth function expression in Polish notation” (f. 1). Origins of Cyberspace 794..... More
1936. [Davidson, Lowrie.] The combination method of operating the Burroughs adding machine [wrapper title]. N.p., ©1936. Original blue printed wrappers. [2], 12 [2]pp. 208 x 145 mm. In the days before electronic digital computing, the rate of speed at which mechanical calculation was performed depended to a large part upon..... More
Detroit: Burroughs, 1908. Burroughs Adding Machine Company. Railroad Department. The railroad Burroughs. Auditor of disbursements. Detroit: Burroughs Adding Machine Co., May 25, 1908. Original printed wrappers, spine repaired. 8pp. Color halftone tipped to p. 2. 210 x 136 mm. One of a series of brochures promoting the Burroughs Railroad Machine..... More
Detroit: Burroughs, 1908. Burroughs Adding Machine Company. Railroad Department. The railroad Burroughs. Auditor of freight receipts. Detroit: Burroughs Adding Machine Co., May 25, 1908. Original printed wrappers. 8pp. Color halftone tipped to p. 2. 210 x 136 mm. One of a series of brochures promoting the Burroughs Railroad Machine, Style..... More
