A. Horse Power Computer for Steam, Gas & Oil Engines.
by [Computers]. Golding, Henry A
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Charles Griffin, 1908 First edition. Calculator on varnished thick card with three moving circular pieces of graduating size fastenedat the center with a brass rivet on a back-board (this measuring 6.5 inches square),with an accompanying text of 12 pages, stitched, as issued, all in fine condition, inoriginal slim cardboard box. It is unusual for such a comparatively earlycomputing machine to have survived in this condition. "The computer is an ingenious form of mechanical calculator for solving the numerousproblems connected with the power, size, and speed of steam engines of all kinds. Its action isbased upon the well-known principle of logarithmic calculation, the operations ofmultiplication and long division being effected mechanically by the addition and subtraction ofdistances proportional to the logarithms of the quantities represented..." (Introduction).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7379
- Title
- A. Horse Power Computer for Steam, Gas & Oil Engines.
- Author
- [Computers]. Golding, Henry A
- Format/Binding
- Calculator on varnished thick card with three moving circular pieces of graduating size fastenedat the center with a brass rivet
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Charles Griffin,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1908
Terms of Sale
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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Los Angeles, California
About Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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