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Add MS 89294
- Record Id:
- 032-003391654
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003391654
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100053303449.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89294
- Title:
- LEO computer patent
- Scope & Content:
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‘A Short Description of the EDSAC Type Calculator Circuits used in LEO by J.M.M.Pinkerton, M.A.,Ph.D, J.Lyons and Company Ltd., Cadby Hall, London, W.14.’ (25 July, 1951).
'Copy No 1' of a 63 page report on the LEO computer for J Lyons & Company Ltd. including text and ‘small block schematic diagrams’ for submission to the Patent Office. The report has the handwritten and stamped mark ‘88147 Presented 27 July 1951’ as well as being stamped ‘Patent Office Library, 27 July 1951’. Listed in the report and included with it are 65 larger diagrams all stamped ‘Patent Office Library, 27 July 1951’.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003391654", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 89294: LEO computer patent" },{ "id" : "040-003429170", "parent" : "032-003391654", "text" : "Add MS 89294/1: LEO computer patent: Report" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003429171", "parent" : "032-003391654", "text" : "Add MS 89294/2: LEO computer patent: Diagrams" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003429172", "parent" : "032-003391654", "text" : "Add MS 89294/3: LEO computer patent: Diagrams" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003429173", "parent" : "032-003391654", "text" : "Add MS 89294/4: LEO computer patent: Diagrams" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003429174", "parent" : "032-003391654", "text" : "Add MS 89294/5: LEO computer patent: Folders" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003391654
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Add MS 89294/1 : LEO computer patent: Report
Add MS 89294/2 : LEO computer patent: Diagrams
Add MS 89294/3 : LEO computer patent: Diagrams
Add MS 89294/4 : LEO computer patent: Diagrams
Add MS 89294/5 : LEO computer patent: Folders
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- 032-003391654
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89294
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 5 files
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1951
- End Date:
- 1951
- Date Range:
- 1951
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Former Internal References:
- Deposit: 10990
- Source of Acquisition:
- Transferred from the Patent Library Collection, January 2016.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- J. Lyons and Co., food manufacturer, 1894-1981
Pinkerton, John Maurice McClean, computer engineer, 1919-1997 - Related Material:
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The British Library holds oral histories of those who worked on the LEO computer; Frank Land and Mary Coombs, recorded as part of Voices of Science: https://www.bl.uk/voices-of-science
Frank Land (1928-), computer programmer and information systems theorist: http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-WEBSITE:MBnce017163
Mary Coombs (1929-), computer programmer, was one of the first programmers to work on the LEO computer: http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-WEBSITE:MBnce017122
The website of the LEO Computers Society is the definitive resource for information on the LEO computers, including photographs, sounds, a short bibliography and a link to LEOPEDIA: http://www.leo-computers.org.uk/