Calculating Instruments and Machines |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
INTRODUCTION TO LARGE AUTOMATIC DIGITAL MACHINES | 5 |
THE DIFFERENTIAL ANALYSER AND PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL | 26 |
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adder adding units analytical engine application approximation arithmetical operations Babbage Babbage's binary boundary conditions calculating machine capacity cards carried carry-over characteristics circuits coefficients convenient curve delay line derivatives differential analyser digital machine disc driving electrical electronic elements Eniac equation of heat equipment evaluated example finite differences form of storage function gear given Harvard Mark Harvard Mark II heat conduction independent variable input tables instrument integrand interconnections interpolation interval involved iterative method iterative process large number linear Mark I Calculator minor cycle multiplication number of trial obtained operating instructions ordinary differential equations partial differential equation possible potential divider pulse punched punched tapes quantities regenerative connection relays replaced represented rotation satisfy sequence of operations serial set of equations set-up signal simultaneous specified successive tape temperature tion transfer trial solutions two-point boundary conditions University of Cambridge values velocity voltage Yn+1