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<div class="">During the last few years I’ve been involved in a project led by Brian Coghlan (Trinity College, Dublin) investigating the Life and work of Percy Ludgate.</div>
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<div class="">The paper that has been produced on the work of the project to date has just been accepted by the IEEE Annals. The full text of the paper is available at:</div>
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<div class=""> <a href="https://www.scss.tcd.ie/SCSSTreasuresCatalog/miscellany/TCD-SCSS-X.20121208.002/BrianCoghlanEtal-PercyLudgate-IEEE2020.pdf" class="">https://www.scss.tcd.ie/SCSSTreasuresCatalog/miscellany/TCD-SCSS-X.20121208.002/BrianCoghlanEtal-PercyLudgate-IEEE2020.pdf</a></div>
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<div class="">Abstract: Percy Edwin Ludgate (1883-1922) is notable as the second person to publish a design for an Analytical Machine, the first after Babbage’s “Analytical Engine”. We outline the initial results of the first new investigation into the work
and life of Percy Ludgate since Randell’s papers of nearly 50 years ago and nearly 100 years after Ludgate’s death. Firstly we examine the principles of his machine and how it was constructed and worked. Secondly we outline his life. We present a range of
new material, including two significant discoveries, one concerning Ludgate’s machine, the other his family.</div>
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<div class="">Brian Randell</div>
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<div class="">School of Computing, Newcastle University, 1 Science Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5TG</div>
<div class="">EMAIL = <a href="mailto:Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk" class="">Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk</a> PHONE = +44 191 208 7923</div>
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