Modern instruments methods calculation von horsburgh (16 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Reprint from 1914. Volume III, in the Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series for the History of Computing. Large 8vo. XXII, [2], vii, 343, [1], xii, [4] pp. Plates, figures, diagrams, original ad facs. (xii pp.). Gilt-stamped maroon cloth in beige marbled slip-case. Fine. ISBN: 0938228102.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcover with slipcase in good condition. Ex-library. Slipcase is lightly worn. Labels on spine feet of slipcase and hardcover. Stamps on marked page block and a few pages. Label on front pastedown. Correction fluid and label residue on FEP. Rear pastedown hinge is taped. Text is clear throughout. HCW. Used. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Reprint. Dark red hardback in nearly new condition: firm and square with bright gilt lettering. Complete with original slipcase. Contents crisp, tight and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Looks and feels unread. Thus a very nice copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Good+ condition, rebacked with original cloth applied as label, new end papers, illustrated throughout with diagrams and photographs, vii plus 343 pages plus 16 pages of advertisements. Contains: Napier's life and works, mathematical tables, calculating machines, the abacus, slide rule, mathematical laboratory instruments, ruled papers and nomograms, mathematical models. [QP].…

First Trade Edition. First Trade Edition. "A celebration of Napier's pivotal role in the history of calculation, the exhibition featured displays of many different types of calculating machines, as well as exhibits of other aids to calculation such as mathematical tables, the abacus and slide rules, planimeters and other integrating devices, and ruled papers and nomograms. These are described in the Handbook to the exhibition, which contains separate sections, with chapters by various contributors, devoted to each type of calculating device." [OOC 322][N.B. This is the first trade edition, OOC 323] WITH: Horsburgh, E. M. (ed.), Handbook of the Napier Tercentenary Celebration, or, Modern Instruments and Methods of Calculation. The Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series for the History of Computing, vol. III. Los Angeles: Tomash Publishers, 1982. Fine, in fine original slipcase. Minor shelf/edge wear, evening toning to spine (as is typical), gilt toned, ownership signature at ffep, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Green cloth boards. Small 4to. …

First edition of "the best description of the machines, instruments and techniques used for calculation prior to World War I" (Tomash & Williams). This copy is from the library of the physicist and radio pioneer William Eccles (1875-1966), with his ownership signature on the front pastedown. The Napier Tercentenary Exhibition, held in July 1914, marked the anniversary of the 17th-century mathematician John Napier's discovery of logarithms and the invention of his calculating device, the "Napier's Bones". Horsburgh (1870-1935), a lecturer at Edinburgh, was commissioned to compile this guidebook to accompany the display, which tracked the development of similar devices since Napier's time. The immanent outbreak of the First World War cut the event short. "A great many technical changes, such as the ever-increasing use of punched-car accounting machines, were to cause computing to assume a difference character in the time between the two World Wars. Thus the Handbook should be viewed as a report on the state of the art just before these changes were to begin taking place" (Origins of Cyberspace). Two versions were issued simultaneously: in wrappers, to be distributed to delegates, and in cloth, as here. Aside from their title pages, the two issues are identical. Tomash & Williams H166; Origins of Cyberspace 323. Large octavo. With 7 half-tone plates, 16 pp. of publisher's advertisements. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, covers framed in blind. Bookseller's ticket of Deighton, Bell & Co., Cambridge, on front pastedown. Spine faded, wear to extremities, faint foxing: a very good copy.…