ANALOG COMPUTERS. COLLECTION OF EIGHT PAPERS OR WORKS

i. Mallock, Rawlyn R. M. (1885-1959) "An electrical calculating machine" [in:] Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A, Vol. CXL No. A841, May 3, 1933, pp.457-483, Royal Society of London, 1933, library cloth, (Johns Hopkins University Library, bookplate; bought from Yelm, Whitestone, NY, 2001), [T&W M24]ii. Raggazzini, John R. (1912-1988), Randall, Robert Hulbert (1903-1983) and Russell, Frederick Arthur. "Analysis of problems in dynamics by electronic circuits" [in:] Proceedings of the I. R. E., vol. 35, no. 5, May 1947, pp.444-452. New York: Institute of Radio Engineers, 1947, library cloth, (Harvard University, Lyman Laboratory of Physics, bookplate; bought from Yelm, Whitestone, NY, 2001), [T&W R5] iii. Burks, Arthur Walter (1915-2008). "Electronic computing circuits of the ENIAC." [in:] Proceedings of the I.R.E., vol.35, no.8, August 1947, pp.756-767. New York: Institute of Radio Engineers, 1947, bound in same volume as last item, same provenance, [T&W B290; Origins of Cyberspace 512; Randell 1979 p.115]iv. Symposium I on REAC techniques. March 15-16, 1951, New York City. New York: Reeves instrument Corporation, 1951, modern boards, (Mathematics Institute, Darmstadt, stamps), [T&W R49]v. Symposium II on Simulation and Computing Techniques Part II April 28-May 2, 1952 New York City. New York: Reeves instrument Corporation, 1952, modern boards, (Mathematics Institute, Darmstadt, stamps), [T&W R50]vi. Russell, Alexander (1915-2008), and Wright, Arthur (1858-1931). "The Arthur Wright electrical device for evaluating formulæ and solving equations" [in:] The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine, and Journal of Science. Sixth Series. No. 104, August 1909, pp.291-308, London: Taylor and Francis, 1909, original printed wrappers, spine repaired with slight loss [T&W R127]vii. Svoboda, Antonin (1907-1980). Computing mechanisms and linkages. New York & London: McGraw Hill, 1948, original cloth, [T&W S220; Origins of Cyberspace 918]viii. Wilbur, John Benson (born 1905). "The mechanical solution of simultaneous equations" [in:] Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol. 222, no.6, December 1936, pp.715-722, Lancaster, PA and Philadelphia, PA: Franklin Institute, 1936, original printed wrappers, (bought from Yelm, Whitestone, NY, 2004), [T&W Add48](7 volumes)

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Mallock's machine was capable of solving up to six simultaneous linear algebraic equations. The only working model, built in 1933 by Cambridge Instrument Company, was eventually dismantled (Haroon Ahmed, Cambridge Computing: the first 75 years, 2013, p.24). Wilbur's machine was a similar device.