Calculating Instruments Machines (37 results)

Condition: New. pp. 152.

Condition: New. pp. 152.

Condition: New. pp. 152.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No inscriptions and very little use. A clean, tight copy of viii. plus 102pp. plus 30 glossy b/w plates **Ships from UK**.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. Revised Edition. A Fine copy of this large-format photo-illustrated paperback. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hartree, Douglas R. Calculating Instruments and Machines. University of Illinois Press, 1949. First edition. Ex-library, with stamps on the front and rear free endpapers and pastedowns. Call number on white strip on spine. GOOD copy, only (4 out of 10). This is a reading copy of this classic work, a packed 138 pages of historical register and current achievements, very readable, and pretty technical. Also has a valuable 122-item bibliography/note section which is very useful. A must-have if you're into the history of computers.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 154 pages. 8.98x5.98x0.71 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. pp. 150.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. States was 'First published 1926; This edition first published 1975". Copyright date is 1975. Notes state that this book, has additions to the Collection since 1926 and a complete list of sectors and gunner's callipers, (not included in the original work) are listed in the appendix. Includes eight page index, and 16 pages of B&W photo "Plates" pictures. Book is 7.5"W by 9.75"L. Blue glossy paper covers are clean with light shelf wear. Covers lightly rubbed and surface scratches. Spine has no creases. Interior pages are clean, with NO writing, creases or tears. The binding is tight. Top page edges are lightly foxed and light soiling on others. Note: We have a closed shop - so our books are not handled by public everyday. We make every effort to fairly describe the condition of the book and identify any flaws (writing, tears, creases, folds), including that of the dust jacket. We use the "Fine or Near Fine" book condition judiciously when grading of the book or dust jacket.…

Condition: Good. Octavo: [8], 138pp. Good copy in original cloth.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. First Edition Second Printing (1953) stated in black-stamped brown cloth, no text markings, NOT ex-lib, no dj, binding tight pages bright, slight edge wear to boards, offsetting to endpaper gutters, from collection of UCLA mathematician Nathaniel Grossman with his neat name to front endpaper, a clean tight copy of this pioneering work of early computing by the famed Cambridge mathematician; 8vo; (ix) 138pp indexed & illus.…

Paperback. Condition: Like New. LIKE NEW. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Condition: Fine. RUA9500947.

IX, 138 pp. with a lot of illusrations, Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 510 Groß 8°, Original-Leinen (Hardcover), Bibliotheks-Exemplar (ordnungsgemäß entwidmet), Stempel auf Titel, insgesamt gutes und innen sauberes Exemplar, (library copy in good condition).

paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1947 Cambridge University Press first edition, small format softcover with French flaps. Light chip to spine. Bottom corner front flap is clipped. No marks. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Very good hardback copy in slightly shelfworn dustjacket. ix, 138pp., b/w illustrations Size: 9.75" x 6.5" (25x17cms). Book.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This is a near fine hardcover first edition, second printing copy in brown cloth binding no DJ. From a Library, marked only with the spine call number. Photos on request.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Previous owner's name to front pastedown. Wrapper is creased rubbed and thumbed with several areas of significant loss. OX3419.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. With a moisture stain at the top of the text block, otherwise a VG hardcover first edition copy in brown cloth binding in a mylar protected DJ that is chipped and taped, black spine.

Hardcover. Condition: very good. First Edition. This book was based on a short series of lectures given by the author at the University of Illinois in 1948. Intended as a general introduction illustrated by Hartree's personal experiences working with ENIAC and the Harvard Mark I, a pioneering work with calculating instruments and machines. Author's first book. Douglas Rayner Hartree FRS was an English mathematician and physicist most famous for the development of numerical analysis and its application to the Hartree Fock equations of atomic physics and the construction of a differential analyzer using Meccano. Boards with light edge-wear. First Edition. 7" - 10". Book.…

Baxandall, David. Catalogue of the collections in the Science Museum, South Kensington, with descriptive and historical notes and illustrations. Mathematics. I. Calculating machines and instruments. London: H. M. Stationery Office, 1926. Original green printed wrappers, spine repaired, perforated library stamp on front wrapper and title. Boxed. 85 [1]pp. 13 plates. 246 x 155 mm. Provenance: Franklin Institute, Philadelphia. First edition. A well-annotated and well-illustrated historical catalogue, focusing primarily on European calculating machines and instruments from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries. Among the machines illustrated are two machines built by the Earl of Stanhope, and an original Morland calculator. All three of these machines were formerly owned by Charles Babbage. This remained the most useful and informative exhibition catalogue of early calculating instruments through the 1960s. An updated edition of the catalogue was issued in 1975. Origins of Cyberspace 222.…

First UK edition of 'the first comprehensive exposition of electronic digital computing', originally published the previous year in the US. In addition to his significant contributions to ballistics and quantum theory, British mathematician Douglas Hartree (1897-1958) was a leader in efforts to automate scientific calculations. He was 'involved in the development of the digital electronic computer, which emerged from wartime attempts to automate calculation further. In 1946 Hartree's advice was sought in the application of the United States army's ENIAC (electronic numerical integrator and computer) to the production of ballistic tables' (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography). The present volume is 'based upon a series of lectures delivered at the University of Illinois in 1948. These lectures were intended for a well-informed scientific audience outside the tiny group of professionals then involved with electronic computing. They represented the first comprehensive exposition of electronic digital computing, and this book was one of the first two treatises on the subject. The other book, Edmund Berkley's Giant Brains or Machines That Think was written for a more popular audience and achieved greater sales. Reflecting Hartree's English background, this book contained more information on the English machines than did Berkley's. Foremost among the digital machines discussed in Hartree's work are the Harvard Mark I and ENIAC. Chapter 8, entitled "Projects and Prospects", contains the first generally available comprehensive account of the stored-program machines then in development, including EDVAC, ACE, and EDSAC' (Hook & Norman, Origins of Cyberspace 652). First UK edition, first impression; tall 4to; diagrams and monochrome illustrations from photographs throughout the text, neat contemporary ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, contents toned; original burgundy cloth, titles to spine gilt, spine rolled, cloth rubbed and marked, corners bumped, very good condition; 138pp. Hook & Norman, Origins of Cyberspace 652.…

Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine in Wraps. dj. First Edition. First Edition. Original Wraps. "A well-annotated and well-illustrated historical catalogue, focusing primarily on European calculating machines and instruments from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries. . . . This remained the most useful and informative exhibition catalogue of early calculating instruments through the 1960s." [OOC 222]. Hint of oxidation at staples, else tight bright and unmarred. Printed green wraps, black ink lettering. 8vo. 85pp plus plates. Illus. (b/w plates).…

FINE IN A GOOD+ D.J. ALONG WITH EDMOND BERKELEY'S "GIANT BRAINS OR MACHINES THAT THINK" GENERALLY CONSIDERED THE SEMINAL BOOKS ON COMPUTERS. LIGHT BROWN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH DARK BROWN SPINE TITLES. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. TATTERED D.J. HAS QUITE A BIT OF EDGE WEAR WITH SOME CHIPPING TO THE EDGES, THE LARGEST A 1 1/4" SQUARE PIECE MISSING AT THE REAR PANEL'S LOWER FORE-EDGE CORNER, SOME MODERATE RUB TO THE FACE OF THE PANELS AND FORE-EDGE RUBBED, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A NICE COPY OVERALL WITH A D.J. ABOUT 95% PRESENT. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1949 BOTH FIRST AND SECOND PRINTINGS ARE VERY SCARCE. SECOND PRNTG edition. Binding is HARDCOVER.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Very fine 1st edition copy of a landmark AI text. Very scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Near Fine DJ. dj. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. "The first comprehensive exposition of electronic digital computing." [OOC 652] "These lectures were intended for a well-informed scientific audience outside the tiny group of professionals then involved with electronic computing. They represented the first comprehensive exposition of electronic digital computing, and this book was one of the first two treatises on the subject. The other book, Edmund Berkeley's Giant Brains or Machines That Think was written for a more popular audience and achieved greater sales. . . . Chapter 8, entitled 'Projects and prospects,' contains the first generally available comprehensive account of the stored-program machines then in development, including EDVAC, ACE, and EDSAC." [OOC 652]. Minimal shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright, and unmarred; DJ shows minor shelf/edge wear, one small closed tear, else bright and clean. Orange cloth boards, black ink lettering. 8vo. 138pp. Illus. (b/w plates).…

Hardcover. Octavo, 6 parts. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Minor rubbing to head and tail of spine, hinges, and corners of boards. Discoloration to bottom edges of spine and boards. Spine slightly cocked. Light foxing to endpapers. Previous owner's sticker on rear pastedown. Age toning throughout textblock. From the collection of Silvio Bedini. Bedini spent twenty five years at the Smithsonian Institution, serving as curator in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering in the new Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) before serving as first Assistant Director then Deputy Director of the National Museum of History and Technology. He then served as Keeper of Rare Books at the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, before becoming a Historian Emeritus. He specialized in early scientific instruments. 1378831. Special Collections - Downstairs.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1949 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 160 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 160.…