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Cambridge: MIT Press, 1990. first edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 7 x 10 in. Black cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers very clean, text edges top and bottom have a company stamp. Minor bumbing. Binding tight. Text clean, unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; clean, a touch sunned, edges have a little wear and mild chips. Sci. Stax.
Glory and Failure: The Difference Engines of Johann Muller, Charles Babbage, and Georg and Edvard Scheutz / The History of computing Series ( MIT - Massachussetts Institute of Technology ) by Lindgren, Michael; Translated By Craig G Mckay / History of Computing Series, Edited By J Bernard Cohen & William Aspray ( Johann Muller / Charles Babbage / George & Edvard Scheutz related)( George / Edward ) - 1990
by Lindgren, Michael; Translated By Craig G Mckay / History of Computing Series, Edited By J Bernard Cohen & William Aspray ( Johann Muller / Charles Babbage / George & Edvard Scheutz related)( George / Edward )
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Glory and Failure: The Difference Engines of Johann Muller, Charles Babbage, and Georg and Edvard Scheutz / The History of computing Series ( MIT - Massachussetts Institute of Technology )
by Lindgren, Michael; Translated By Craig G Mckay / History of Computing Series, Edited By J Bernard Cohen & William Aspray ( Johann Muller / Charles Babbage / George & Edvard Scheutz related)( George / Edward )
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Cambridge, Massachusetts: Cambridge, MA / London, UK: The MIT Press ( Massachusetts Institute of Technology ), 1990, 1st Edition, First Printing , 1990. ------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) hardcover, a Near Fine exmaple, ink name, MIT and date on front blank endpaper, small red mark on bottom edge of text block, in a lightly rubbed Very Good/Very Good+ dustjacket, 414 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, ---"The first attempts to mechanize the production of numerical tables were remarkable in conception coming at a time when a "computer" was in fact a person rather than a machine. This book is the first to provide a unified picture of the difference engines that were the mechanical predecessors of today's digital computer, to emphasize them as part of the history of numerical tables, and to give equal weight to the technical and social aspects of their creation. Lindgren analyzes the difference engines of Müller and Babbage and the mathematical principles on which they are based, tells the story of how Georg and Edvard Scheutz learned about Babbage's engine, discusses the design and operation of the Scheutzs' machine, and tells why Babbage failed technically and the Scheutzes failed commercially. The often detailed technical descriptions bring to light the inventors' own ways of thinking as work on the engines progressed"---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine (see desciption)/Very Good+ (see description). Illus. by Jeannet Leendertse Cover Design . 7.25w x 10.25h Inches. Flap Not Clipped.
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GLORY AND FAILURE, THE DIFFERENCE ENGINES OF JOHANN MULLER, CHARLES BABBAGE AND GEORG AND EDWARD SCHEUTZ
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Cambridge: MIT Press, 1990. hardcover. very good(-)/very good(-). Illustrated. 440 pages, large 8vo, black cloth, d.w.; pages wavy at top from dampness, dust wrapper dampstained and lightly worn. Cambridge: MIT Press, (1990). Overall a very good(-) perfectly usable copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper.<br/><br/>
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