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COMRIE, L. J. (LESLIE JOHN). First Report of the Computing Section Memoirs of the British Astronomical Association. Vol. Xxiv. Part I.
London:, British Astronomical Association Eyre and Spottiswoode,, 1921.. Paperback. A Near Fine Offprint in the Original Blue Printed Wrappers. 8vo. 28 + 2 Plates Pps. Hook and Norman--Origin of Cyberspace 253. Leslie John Comrie (1893-1950) Was a Pioneer in the Application of Commercial Accounting Machines to Scientific Uses, Particularly the Production of Mathematical Tables for Astronomy and Navigation. Comrie Received a Ph. D. In Astronomy from St. John's College, Cambridge. One of His First Positions Was As Director of the Newly Formed Computing Section of the Astronomical Association. This Is Their First Publication and the Beginning of Comrie's Career to Develop Simplified Yet Accurate Approaches to Scientific Computation. In the Late 1920s, in the Nautical Almanac Office, Comrie Discovered That Burroughs Accounting Machines Could Be Used without Modification As Difference Engines. Herein Was the Beginning of Large Scale Inexpensive Scientific Computation Which Continues Today. Near Fine.
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