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MATHEMATICAL TABLES AND OTHER AIDS TO COMPUTATION, PUB. WASHINGTON DC, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, 1943-1959, 13 VOL.
估價
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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描述
- Mathematical tables and other aids to computation. A quarterly journal edited... by Raymond Clarke Archibald, Derrick Henry Lehmer [and others]. Washington, DC: National Research Council, 1943-1959
13 volumes (comprising nos.1-68), 8vo, buckram library binding, library stamps, bindings slightly finger soiled and slightly splashed
來源
Chelsea College of Science and Technology Library, London, stamps; bought from F.E. Whitehart Rare Books, London, 1990
出版
Tomash & Williams M61 (and A63, C133, G54); Origins of Cyberspace 777 (as 14 vols., including vol. 14 issued 1960)
Condition
the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
拍品資料及來源
"The journal Mathematical tables and other aids to computation was founded by Professor Raymond Clare Archibald in 1943... [and] for a time, it was the only journal dealing exclusively with computation and computing devices. In its July 1946 issue, it published the landmark article 'The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC)' by Herman H. Goldstine and Adele Goldstine, which described in detail the first large-scale electronic computer... The journal was, in its early years, the only venue in which articles and notices relating to computing machinery and methods could be readily published, and thus it contains many of the seminal papers" (Tomash & Williams). See Origins of Cyberspace for details of papers published in these volumes, by Archibald (97-98), Cohen (536), Comrie (541), Eckert (577, 579), Lyndon (1077), Goldstine (633), Wormersley (1071).