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Brahe, Tycho Brainerd, John Grist
B 224
B 224
Brahe, Tycho (1546–1601) [Hans Henning Ræder; Elis
Strömgren and Bengt Strömgren, translators]
Tycho Brahe’s description of his instruments and
scientific work as given in Astronomiæ Instauratæ
Mechanica, Wandesburgi, 1598.
Year: 1946
Place: Cambridge
Publisher: I Kommission Hos Ejnar Munksgaard
Edition: 1st (?)
Language: English
Binding: original paper wrappers; uncut
Pagination: pp. 144
Collation: 1–16 4 17 2 18 6
Size: 270x210 mm
Brahe had published a description of his instruments in
Astronomiae Instauratae Mechanica in 1598. At the time
he had left his observatory in Denmark but had not yet
gone to Prague. The Royal Danish Academy of Science
and Letters decided that there should be Danish and
English versions of this important work and, to celebrate
the quadricentennial of Brahe’s birth, commissioned this
translation. The original Latin was first translated into
Danish by H. Raeder, and then, after consultation with
astronomers, the English text was produced. The volume
includes reproductions of the original 1598 illustrations.
Illustrations available:
Title page
B 225
Brainerd, John Grist (1904–1988) and T. Kite Sharpless
(1913–1967)
The ENIAC. In Electrical Engineering, Vol. 67, No. 2,
February 1948
Year: 1948
Place: New York
Publisher: American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Binding: original paper wrappers
Pagination: pp. 163–172
Size: 296x219 mm
Reference: Ran ODC, p. 409
The ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and
Computer) was the first large-scale, electronic, general
purpose, digital calculating machine. This paper, while
not the first to mention it in print, is an early description
of the device.
Brainerd, while technically in charge of the Moore
School of Electrical Engineering, had little to do with the
actual creation of the ENIAC. His role was very much as
an administrator; however, he and Sharpless would have
been the only ones from the original ENIAC team left in
the Moore School when this paper was written. Sharpless
was a graduate of the Moore School and a skilled
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