Dear colleagues, CBI has a deal for you: "Free books!" "Going fast !!" "Act now !!!" Volume 3: Handbook of the Napier Tercentenary Celebration or Modern Instruments and Methods of Calculation edited by E. M.Horsburgh; (1914); New introduction by M. R. Williams; 8-1/2"x11"; 384 pp.; illus; notes; ISBN 0-262-08141-5; $45.00 This is one of the Tomash/CBI reprints in the history of computing. These are very classy volumes, beautifully done, with introductions by leading figures in the field. (Mike Williams is former ANNALS editor and 2007 IEEE-CS president.) http://www.cbi.umn.edu/research/reprints.html Here's the deal -- Send CBI a donation that can cover postage/handling, and we'll mail you a brand-new copy. We have a number in our basement, and have been looking for a productive use for them. Just $5 for U.S. domestic shipping (1-3 volumes); $20 overseas (each volume). On-line, you can use a credit-card and make a donation to CBI here: https://www.foundation.umn.edu/pls/dmsn/online_giving.start_null (<new gift> --> "I would like to support" <Technology, Institute of> and "Special instructions for your gift": <'Charles Babbage Institute'>). Finally, email us <cbi@umn.edu> your mailing address. Alternately, send a check and your address to us: http://www.cbi.umn.edu/about/visitor.html Best wishes, Tom Misa P.S. The fine print is true: up to 3 volumes for only $5. "This deal won't last forever !!!!" On Mar 19 2008, Brian Randell wrote:
One of the best i know, though slightly out of your time frame, is:
Napier Tercentenary Celebration: Handbook of the Exhibition, ed. E. M. Horsburgh, pp. 124-127, Edinburgh, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1914. [(Also published as Modern Instruments and Methods of Calculation: A Handbook of the Napier Tercentenary Celebration Exhibition, G. Bell and Sons, London, 1914.)]
Cheers
Brian Randell
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