Calculating Instruments and Machines |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
HIGHSPEED AUTOMATIC DIGITAL MACHINES AND NUMERICAL | 9 |
THE DIFFERENTIAL ANALYSER AND PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL | 26 |
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adder adding unit addition algebra analytical engine approximation arithmetical operations Babbage Babbage's binary boundary conditions calculating machine cards carried carry-over characteristics coded coefficients computing connections control system convenient counter decimal digits delay line differential analyser digital machine electrical electronic elements Eniac equation of heat equipment evaluated example finite differences form of storage formula function given half-adder Harvard Mark Harvard Mark II heat conduction input tables instrument integrand integration interconnections interpolation interval involved isograph iterative method iterative process large number linear Mark I Calculator means mechanical minor cycle multiplication obtained operating instructions ordinary differential equations output partial differential equation programming punched punched tapes quantities relays repetition representation of numbers represented rotation sequence of operations serial set of equations set-up shaft shown in fig signal simultaneous single specified successive switches tape temperature tion transfer trial solutions tubes University of Cambridge values voltage Yn+1