Computing, Computers. Collection well in excess of 12,000 British Patent c1750- 1969, many famous names Hollerith, Flowers, Kilburn, Zuse, IBM, Burroughs, Honeywell, Eckert Mauchly UNIVAC etc.

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A pantheon of computing pioneers and firms each a thread in the tapestry of early data processing, tabulation, and computing history. Bit of timeline timeline that traces their contributions, with emphasis on patents, machines, and institutional lineage grouped by era and innovation type for clarity. Herman Hollerith Patented the punched card tabulator (1889); founded Tabulating Machine Co., precursor to IBM1 Brunsviga German firm producing mechanical calculators; licensed Odhner s pinwheel design. Monroe U.S. calculator company; known for rotary calculators and tabulators. Felt & Tarrant Makers of the Comptometer, a key mechanical calculator. 2. 1930s 1950s: Electromechanical & Early Electronic Computing Tommy Flowers Designed Colossus (1943), the first programmable electronic computer. Freddie Williams & Tom Kilburn Developed the Williams-Kilburn tube (1947), early digital memory. British Tabulating Machine Co. Built Colossus under Flowers; later merged into ICT. Ferranti Produced the Mark I (1951), first commercial computer in the UK. Henry Babbage Built a working portion of his father s Analytical Engine in the late 1800s. 3. 1950s 1970s: Commercialization & Corporate Expansion IBM Dominated punched card systems; introduced the IBM 701 (1952) and System/360 (1964). Burroughs Known for business computers and banking systems; later merged into Unisys. Honeywell Entered computing via acquisition; part of the BUNCH group (Burroughs, Univac, NCR, CDC, Honeywell). Eckert & Mauchly UNIVAC I; founded EMCC, later acquired by Remington Rand. Bendix Produced the G-15 (1956), a personal scientific computer. Booth (Andrew D.) Developed magnetic drum memory and early British computers. Compagnie des Machines Bull French firm; licensed Hollerith tech, developed Gamma 3 and Gamma 60. EMI (Electric and Musical Industries) Built the EMI Electronic Business Machine; also involved in radar and computing. Kienzle German firm known for time-recording and data processing machines. Olivetti Italian firm; developed the Programma 101 (1965), a precursor to personal computing. Philips Dutch electronics giant; contributed to European computing and microelectronics. Sperry Merged with Rand to form Sperry Rand; produced UNIVAC systems. IBM s history of the punched card tabulator offers rich detail on Hollerith s legacy. collection includes headings: Area meters planimeters and other apparatus the direct measurement of both superficies digital data storage apparatus mechanical digital electric calculating such circuits and apparatus receipts checking recording and registering sorting classifying and collating digital data words represented by electric signals apparatus for statistics apparatus for compiling segregating or sorting and tabulating form perforated profiled magnetised and other representations of data on cards sheets and tapes analogue electric calculating and evaluating systems digital electric calculating circuits and apparatus receipts checking recording and registering sorting classifying and collating digital data words represented by electric signals apparatus for First editions unbound and disbound. Possibly high carriage cost (12,000 items).…

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Computing, Computers. Collection well in excess of 12,000 British Patent c1750- 1969, many famous names Hollerith, Flowers, Kilburn, Zuse, IBM, Burroughs, Honeywell, Eckert Mauchly UNIVAC etc.
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Hollerith, Flowers, Kilburn, Zuse, IBM, Burroughs, Honeywell, Eckert Mauchly Babbage (Henry, Charles's son), Bendix, Booth, British /Tabulating Machine co, Brunsviga,Burroughs, Compagne de machines Bull, Electric and Musical Industries, Ferranti, Felt, I.B.M. KIENZLE, LYONS AND CO, MONROE, Olivetti, Phillips, Sperry, Wagner, von Neumann etc.
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London Eyre and Spottiswood HMSO ETC
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600 kilogrammes

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