Lot 798
  • 798

DIGITAL COMPUTERS, A COLLECTION OF 12 VOLUMES, 1948-56

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150 - 200 GBP
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  • A collection of 12 volumes, comprising:
i. [Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation]. "Binac Demonstrated, New Electronic Brain" [in:] Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol. 248, no. 4, October 1949. 8vo, original printed paper wrappers, library markings (bought from Yelm Books, Whitestone, NY, 1999), [T&W E3; Randell 1979 p.185]ii. De Turk, John E. (b. 1921), et al. Basic Circuitry of the MIDAC and MIDSAC. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Engineering Research Institute, 1954. 4to, folding diagram, photographic plates, original printed paper wrappers, [T&W D46], punch holes, library markingsiii. Project Typhoon. Symposium III on simulation and computing techniques. Mimeograph typescript by the US Department of the Navy, Bureau of Aeronautics, 1953, lacking classified sections, 4to, boards over original wrappers, [T&W T68, A62], library markings iv. West, Charles F. (b.1921) and De Turk, J.E. A digital computer for scientific applications. In Proceedings of the I.R.E., Vol. 36, No. 12, December 1948. 4to, original wrappers, [T&W W35]v. Weyl, Fritz Joachim (b.1915). Progress report on German computer development. Mimeograph typescript report by the US office of naval research, London, marked unclassified and dated 11 August 1952, 4to, stapled, final leaf loose, [T&W W38]vi. Sperry Rand Corporation. UNIVAC scientific 1103A Computer reference manual. N.p., 1956. 4to, illustrations, original printed paper wrappers, [T&W R71]vii. US Department of Commerce. Computer Development (SEAC and DYSEAC) at the National Bureau of Standards. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1955, 4to, diagrams and photographic plates, original cloth, [T&W N19; Origins of Cyberspace 943]viii-x. Eckert, Wallace John (1902-1971), and Jones, Rebecca. Faster, Faster: A Simple Description of a Giant Electronic Calculator and the Problems it Solves. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1955, 8vo, diagrams and photographic illustrations, three copies, original cloth, one with dust-jacket, [T&W E2; Origins of Cyberspace 581]xi. Another edition. International Business Machines Corporation, 1955, 8voxii. Hastings, Cecil. Approximations for digital computers. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1955, 8vo, original cloth, [T&W H68]