Faster Simple Description Giant Electronic by Eckert (8 results)
Published by McGraw-Hill, 1955
- Hardcover
Seller: SatelliteBooks, Burlington, VT, U.S.A.SatelliteBooks
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. Good+ with some shelf/age wear. Clean text, tight binding. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.
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Published by McGraw-Hill, 1955
- Hardcover
Seller: Magus Books of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Magus Books of Sacramento
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 95.39
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good with minor soiling to boards. Interior clean and tight with slight tanning near the top edge of a few pages from small slips of paper (now removed) used to mark those spots. An excellent copy of this early work on the history of computers.
Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company; INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP, * * * * *, 1955
- Hardcover
Seller: L. Michael, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.L. Michael
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. B00K: Very Good/, $145.14 FASTER, FASTER. a SIMPLE DESCRIPTION of a GIANT ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR and the PROBLEMS it SOLVES ECKERT, W. J., AND JONES, Rebecca McGraw-Hill Book Company; INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP 1955 UnStated Edition Blue/Grey Cloth Spine With Title In Faint Polished Gold… Letters, Hard Cover Book: Very Good/, Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. Run Mark Down Spine Edge Of Book. No Odor Or Warping. 160 Numbered Pages, Printed On Off~White Paper, Slight Use. Prior Owner's Name, In Front, `Everett T. Welmers`. D/j: None. Description Applies To This B00K, ONLY. This Book Has A Is Hard To Find, Will Be Packaged And Shipped Carefully, To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift. WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE. 1955 B00K: Very Good/, (illustrator).
Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.Reader's Corner, Inc.
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This is a near fine, unmarked, hardcover first edition copy, no DJ, blue binding. An early IBM super computer the NORC. 160 pages with index.
Published by International Business Machines Corporation, 1955
- Hardcover
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.Riverby Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. Gray-blue paper over boards with gold stamped lettering on front cover and spine. Title page and copyright page dated 1955. 160 pages. Book is in good condition. Little wear to cover, particularly at corners and edges of spines. A couple small clear shiny stains on back cover. Spine and bot…tom edge of back cover have faded slightly. Lettering is difficult to read on spine, but still present. Stamped lettering on front cover crisp and bright. Binding is strong and square. Pages are free of marks, tears, or creases. Overall a good, clean copy. Frontispiece features black and white photograph of the Calculator. Several other photographs and illustrations featured throughout.
Language: English
- Hardcover
- Print on Demand
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, IndiaS N Books World
Contact seller5-star sellerLeatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. 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. Pages: 176. A perfect gift… for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1955 edition. 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. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. 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. Language: English Pages: 176.
More imagesPublished by International Business Machines Corp, 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Sekkes Consultants, North Dighton, MA, U.S.A.Sekkes Consultants
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Jones co-authored with Eckert this book during the very early days of the IBM Naval Ordnance Research Calculator, the first supercomputer. The Naval Surface Weapons Center at Dahlgren, Virginia, was the primary site of US naval computing. The center's machine, the Naval Ordnance Rese…arch Calculator (NORC), was built at the Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory under the direction of Wallace Eckert. Rebecca (Becky) Jones, an Associate in Astronomy at Columbia, was Wallace Eckert's assistant for many years and (also with Eckert) specified the first program for the SSEC (the moon orbit calculations that would be used later in the Apollo missions. Old signature inside the front cover, edges rubbed, in very good condition otherwise. A rare computer science work. Size: 6" - 9½". book.
Published by MCGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY, NEW YORK, TORONTO, LONDON, 1955
- Hardcover
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop / Ruffolo Enterprises, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.Princeton Antiques Bookshop / Ruffolo Enterprises
Contact seller4-star sellerHARD BACK GREEN. Condition: Very Good. JACKET: WORN DJ. gilt on cover and spine, black and white illustrations, pages clean, princeton antiques book plate on inside of front cover, spine of dj faded.the IBM Naval Ordnance Research Calculator, the first supercomputer. The Naval Surface Weapons Center at Dahlgren, Virginia, was th…e primary site of US naval computing. The center's machine, the Naval Ordnance Research Calculator (NORC), was built at the Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory under the direction of Wallace Eckert. DATE PUBLISHED: 1955 EDITION: 160.
