Calculating Machines & Punched Card Computing, 1900-1965 [21 items]
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Var: Var. publishers, 1996. Most all appear to be first editions/printings. Hardcover and Wraps. Very Good to Fine. Most all appear to be first editions/printings. Hardcover and Wraps. 1. Cortada, James W. Before the Computer. IBM, Burroughs, & Remington Rand & the Industry They Created. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993. Fine in fine dj.
2. De Brabandere, Luc. Calculus. Non-Electric Calculating Machines. Liege, Belgium: Mardaga, 1994. Page 146 torn, missing piece; otherwise vg in fine dj. In French, Dutch, and English.
3. A Calculator Chronicle. 300 Years of Counting and Reckoning Tools. Armonk, New York: International Business Machines Corporation, [1983]. Soft cover exhibition catalog, heavily illustrated in color.
Historical Materials, in Chronological Order
4. "Contract with the Tabulating Machine Company." In War Department, Office Director Census of Cuba. Report on the Census of Cuba, 1899. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900. Appendix XIV, pp. 695-96.
5. Gaines, Morrell W. "Tabulating Machine Cost Accounting for General Manufactories." The Engineering Magazine, December, 1905, pp. 364-373.
6. Short Cuts and Money-Making Methods. Chicago: The Addressograph Company, 1910.
7. Applied Mechanical Arithmetic. As Practiced on the Comptometer. Chicago: Felt & Tarrant Manufacturing Company, 1st rev. ed., 1920. Extensive, over 500 pages.
8. Leffingwell, William Henry, ed. The Office Appliance Manual. N.p.: National Association of Office Appliance Manufacturers, 1926. A comprehensive and massive work; over 800 pages. (Important.)
9. Schnackel, H.G. and Henry C. Lang. Accounting by Machine Methods. The Design and Operation of Modern Systems. New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1929.
10. Morse, Perley. Business Machines. Their Practical Application and Educational Requirements. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1932.
11. Modern Methods for Modern Business Needs. New York: International Business Machines Corporation, [1933].
12. Comrie, L.J. "Calculating Machines." In Connor, L.R., ed. Statistics in Theory and Practice, 3rd edn. London: Sir Issac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1938. App. III, pp. 349-371.
13. International Business Machines. New York: International Business Machines Corporation, [1940]. (An updated version of the 1933 edition, above.)
14. Comrie, L.J. "Recent Progress in Scientific Computing." In Lang, H.R., ed., Journal of Scientific Instruments, v. 21, n. 8, August 1944, pp. 129-135.
15. Hazel, Bernard. Local Authority Accounting by Punched Card Methods. London: Gee and Company, 1945.
16. Eckert, W.J. "Electronic and Electromagnetic Measuring, Computing and Recording Devices." In Harvard Observatory Monograph No. 7, Centennial Symposia. December 1946. Cambridge: Published by the Observatory, pp. 169-178.
17. Doss, M.P., ed. Information Processing Equipment. New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1955.
18. Love, Brig. Gen. Albert G. et al. Tabulating Equipment and Army Medical Statistics. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1958.
19. Scheele, Martin. Punch-Card Methods in Research and Documentation. With Special Reference to Biology. 1st American edition, New York: Interscience Publishers, Inc., 1961, trans. From the 2nd German edition, 1959.
20. Fisher, Harrison. Today's Business Machines. Chicago: American Technical Society, 1959, 2nd printing 1960.
21. Truesdell, Leon E. The Development of Punch Card Tabulation in the Bureau of the Census 1890-1940. With Outlines of Actual Tabulation Programs. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. Minimal to light shelf/edge wear, a few show ex libris markings, one has remainder mark at bottom of textblock, etc., overall tight, bright, and unmarred. Various bindings (cloth and wraps). 8vo-4to. Var. pag. Illus. (b/w plates).
2. De Brabandere, Luc. Calculus. Non-Electric Calculating Machines. Liege, Belgium: Mardaga, 1994. Page 146 torn, missing piece; otherwise vg in fine dj. In French, Dutch, and English.
3. A Calculator Chronicle. 300 Years of Counting and Reckoning Tools. Armonk, New York: International Business Machines Corporation, [1983]. Soft cover exhibition catalog, heavily illustrated in color.
Historical Materials, in Chronological Order
4. "Contract with the Tabulating Machine Company." In War Department, Office Director Census of Cuba. Report on the Census of Cuba, 1899. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900. Appendix XIV, pp. 695-96.
5. Gaines, Morrell W. "Tabulating Machine Cost Accounting for General Manufactories." The Engineering Magazine, December, 1905, pp. 364-373.
6. Short Cuts and Money-Making Methods. Chicago: The Addressograph Company, 1910.
7. Applied Mechanical Arithmetic. As Practiced on the Comptometer. Chicago: Felt & Tarrant Manufacturing Company, 1st rev. ed., 1920. Extensive, over 500 pages.
8. Leffingwell, William Henry, ed. The Office Appliance Manual. N.p.: National Association of Office Appliance Manufacturers, 1926. A comprehensive and massive work; over 800 pages. (Important.)
9. Schnackel, H.G. and Henry C. Lang. Accounting by Machine Methods. The Design and Operation of Modern Systems. New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1929.
10. Morse, Perley. Business Machines. Their Practical Application and Educational Requirements. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1932.
11. Modern Methods for Modern Business Needs. New York: International Business Machines Corporation, [1933].
12. Comrie, L.J. "Calculating Machines." In Connor, L.R., ed. Statistics in Theory and Practice, 3rd edn. London: Sir Issac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1938. App. III, pp. 349-371.
13. International Business Machines. New York: International Business Machines Corporation, [1940]. (An updated version of the 1933 edition, above.)
14. Comrie, L.J. "Recent Progress in Scientific Computing." In Lang, H.R., ed., Journal of Scientific Instruments, v. 21, n. 8, August 1944, pp. 129-135.
15. Hazel, Bernard. Local Authority Accounting by Punched Card Methods. London: Gee and Company, 1945.
16. Eckert, W.J. "Electronic and Electromagnetic Measuring, Computing and Recording Devices." In Harvard Observatory Monograph No. 7, Centennial Symposia. December 1946. Cambridge: Published by the Observatory, pp. 169-178.
17. Doss, M.P., ed. Information Processing Equipment. New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1955.
18. Love, Brig. Gen. Albert G. et al. Tabulating Equipment and Army Medical Statistics. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1958.
19. Scheele, Martin. Punch-Card Methods in Research and Documentation. With Special Reference to Biology. 1st American edition, New York: Interscience Publishers, Inc., 1961, trans. From the 2nd German edition, 1959.
20. Fisher, Harrison. Today's Business Machines. Chicago: American Technical Society, 1959, 2nd printing 1960.
21. Truesdell, Leon E. The Development of Punch Card Tabulation in the Bureau of the Census 1890-1940. With Outlines of Actual Tabulation Programs. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965. Minimal to light shelf/edge wear, a few show ex libris markings, one has remainder mark at bottom of textblock, etc., overall tight, bright, and unmarred. Various bindings (cloth and wraps). 8vo-4to. Var. pag. Illus. (b/w plates).
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- Calculating Machines & Punched Card Computing, 1900-1965 [21 items]
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- Most all appear to be first editions/printings
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- 1996
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