Summary
Blue Colourcraft 787-10 blue lead pencil used by engineers working on CSIRAC.
Pencil was used in the 1950s, during the period that CSIRAC was at the University of Melbourne.
Pencils were used sometimes in preference to fountain pens; the use of ball-point pens was only then becoming commonplace.
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr Ron Bowles, 05 Nov 1999
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User
University of Melbourne (The), Carlton, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1954-1959
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Inscriptions
Commonwealth of Australia
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Classification
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Overall Dimensions
14.3 cm (Length), 0.9 cm (Outside Diameter)
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Exhibition Collection Management
143 mm (Length), 9 mm (Width), 9 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Computer Accessories, Computing, CSIRAC (Computer), Making History - CSIRAC
