Summary
Two copies of a paper by T Pearcey. The paper is entitled 'Automatic Computation, The Design of the Mk. 1 Automatic Computer' and was published by the CSIRO Division of Radiophysics, Sydney. The paper contains a theoretical discussion of the design of the computer with accompanying diagrams. One copy is inscribed 'from S (?) Campbell to EH Palfreyman'. The other copy is inscribed 'F Hirst' and has inside the cover a pamphlet promoting a mathematics exhibition by the Mathematics Association of Victoria.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Computer Science & Software Engineering Department, University of Melbourne (The), by Jul 2003
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Division of Radiophysics, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Sydney, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1951
Open Access Date: 30 Jun 1954. -
Classification
Computing & calculating, Digital computing, Paperwork & documentation
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Keywords
Computing, CSIRAC (Computer), First Generation Computers, Mainframe Computers, Making History - CSIRAC, Innovation & Design
