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AIKEN, HOWARD H. & GRACE M. HOPPER. The Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator. New York: American Institute of Electrical Engineers, August-November, 1946. image 1
AIKEN, HOWARD H. & GRACE M. HOPPER. The Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator. New York: American Institute of Electrical Engineers, August-November, 1946. image 2
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AIKEN, HOWARD H. & GRACE M. HOPPER.
The Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator. New York: American Institute of Electrical Engineers, August-November, 1946.

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AIKEN, HOWARD H. & GRACE M. HOPPER.

The Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator. New York: American Institute of Electrical Engineers, August-November, 1946.
3 parts. 4to (295 x 220 mm). Original pictorial wrappers, custom cloth slipcase. Some wear to spines. In: 3 Issues of Electrical Engineering. Volume 65, Numbers 8-9, 10 & 11.

FIRST EDITION of this 3-part article on the Harvard Mark I, IBM's Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator, an electromechanical computer first used for the Manhattan Project on March 29, 1944 to run a John von Neumann program. In 1936, Howard Aiken, then still pursuing his doctorate, presented IBM his concept for the Mark I and company chairman Thomas Watson Sr. personally approved the project. Computing pioneer Grace Hopper was among the computer's original programmers. Hook & Norman Origins of Cyberspace 412.

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