拍品 785
  • 785

CHU, PROCEEDINGS OF A SYMPOSIUM ON LARGE SCALE DIGITAL COMPUTING MACHINES, 1953

估價
100 - 150 GBP
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描述

  • Proceedings of a symposium on large scale digital computing machines. [Lemont, Illinois]: The Argonne National Laboratory, 1953
FIRST EDITION, 4to (276 x 214mm.), numerous illustrations, original green wrappers with cloth spine, ink stamp to upper cover, some fading to wrappers, loss and tears to spine

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Tomash & Williams C87

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拍品資料及來源

As noted by Tomash & Williams, "this is a collection of papers appearing at a fundamental turning point in the history of the computer. It contains several papers describing the use of electrostatic memory devices..."