BUSH, Vannevar (1890-1974). "The differential analyzer. A new machine for solving differential equations." In Journal of the Franklin Institute 212 (July-December 1931): 447-88. 4 o. Text illustrations. Green library buckram. Provenance : from the library of the Franklin Institute, publisher of the journal, with the Institute's name stamped in blind on the front cover. FIRST EDITION of the first report on the differential analyzer, an analogue device that was the most powerful computing machine prior to the electronic digital computer. Vannevar Bush was MIT's first vice president and dean of engineering from 1932 to 1939. In 1936 Bush quietly initiated the "Rapid Arithmetical Machine" project at MIT, involving Norbert Wiener and others. A few reports of work related to this project were generated, but not published at the time. Instead Bush developed a more advanced differential analyzer for work work. During World War II Bush also organized and led the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb, and served as President Roosevelt's chief advisor on military technology. After the war, recognizing the importance of scientific research to national security, Bush helped to establish a system of permanent federal funding for American research institutions. OOC 244. [ With: ] BUSH. "Instrumental analysis." In Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society 42 (1936): 649-69. Whole number. Original gray printed wrappers; boxed. A survey of "instruments of computation and analysis" from ancient times to the time of writing. Bush described his differential analyzer within this historical context on pages 663-65. His discussion included several references to the work of Babbage. "The section on digital devices concluded with a discussion of how it might be possible to devise a programmable master controller that would turn a set of existing IBM punched-card machines into, effectively, what Bush described as 'a close approach to Babbage's large conception'" (Lee, Computer Pioneers , 140). Bush's discussion may have influenced Howard Aiken in the formulation of his original proposal to IBM in 1937. OOC 245.
BUSH, Vannevar (1890-1974). "The differential analyzer. A new machine for solving differential equations." In Journal of the Franklin Institute 212 (July-December 1931): 447-88. 4 o. Text illustrations. Green library buckram. Provenance : from the library of the Franklin Institute, publisher of the journal, with the Institute's name stamped in blind on the front cover. FIRST EDITION of the first report on the differential analyzer, an analogue device that was the most powerful computing machine prior to the electronic digital computer. Vannevar Bush was MIT's first vice president and dean of engineering from 1932 to 1939. In 1936 Bush quietly initiated the "Rapid Arithmetical Machine" project at MIT, involving Norbert Wiener and others. A few reports of work related to this project were generated, but not published at the time. Instead Bush developed a more advanced differential analyzer for work work. During World War II Bush also organized and led the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb, and served as President Roosevelt's chief advisor on military technology. After the war, recognizing the importance of scientific research to national security, Bush helped to establish a system of permanent federal funding for American research institutions. OOC 244. [ With: ] BUSH. "Instrumental analysis." In Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society 42 (1936): 649-69. Whole number. Original gray printed wrappers; boxed. A survey of "instruments of computation and analysis" from ancient times to the time of writing. Bush described his differential analyzer within this historical context on pages 663-65. His discussion included several references to the work of Babbage. "The section on digital devices concluded with a discussion of how it might be possible to devise a programmable master controller that would turn a set of existing IBM punched-card machines into, effectively, what Bush described as 'a close approach to Babbage's large conception'" (Lee, Computer Pioneers , 140). Bush's discussion may have influenced Howard Aiken in the formulation of his original proposal to IBM in 1937. OOC 245.
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