Author: Ernst MartinPublisher: MIT Press (MA)
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
This work is about mechanical desktop calculators prior to World War II.
The Calculating Machines (Die Rechenmaschinen)
Author: Ernst MartinPublisher: MIT Press (MA)
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
This work is about mechanical desktop calculators prior to World War II.
Reckoning with Matter
Author: Matthew L. JonesPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022641163X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
From Blaise Pascal in the 1600s to Charles Babbage in the first half of the nineteenth century, inventors struggled to create the first calculating machines. All failed—but that does not mean we cannot learn from the trail of ideas, correspondence, machines, and arguments they left behind. In Reckoning with Matter, Matthew L. Jones draws on the remarkably extensive and well-preserved records of the quest to explore the concrete processes involved in imagining, elaborating, testing, and building calculating machines. He explores the writings of philosophers, engineers, and craftspeople, showing how they thought about technical novelty, their distinctive areas of expertise, and ways they could coordinate their efforts. In doing so, Jones argues that the conceptions of creativity and making they exhibited are often more incisive—and more honest—than those that dominate our current legal, political, and aesthetic culture.
Antique Office Machines
Author: Thomas A. RussoPublisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors w
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Explore 600 years of caculating devices, from the abacus to the desk top computer, with valuable information for historians and collectors alike. With 500 color photographs, accurate captions, and a guide to current values, this will be an essential guide to collecting office machines.
Origin of Modern Calculating Machines
Author: J. A. V. TurckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Calculators
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Calculating Instruments and Machines
Author: Douglas Rayner HartrekPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Calculators
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Origin of Modern Calculating Machines
Author: J. A. V. TurckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Calculators
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Calculating Instruments and Machines
Author: Douglas R. HartreePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107630657
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Originally published in 1950, this book was based on a short series of lectures given by the author at the University of Illinois in 1948. Aimed at the non-specialist, the chief aim of the text was to provide a general introduction to contemporary developments in the field of calculating instruments and machines. But there is some treatment of the historical side of the subject, with appreciation shown for the vision and foresight of key pioneers Charles Babbage and Lord Kelvin. This is a concise and informative volume that will be of value to anyone with an interest in the development and history of computation.
Calculating Machines and Instruments
Author: Jane PughPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Calculators
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Electronic Business Machines Calculation
Author: Daniel J. SchneckPublisher:
ISBN: 9780132488402
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A Short Story of Charles Babbage and His Calculating Machines, Pt.1
Author: Wyman & GordonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Calculators
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description