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Adams, C. W.

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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Conference on Automatic Computing Machinery, Rutgers University, March 28-29, 1950, 1950 April 6

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Identifier: 16
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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-1020. Some of the papers and exhibits presented at the Conference on Automatic Computing Machinery at Rutgers University are summarized and discussed. References are given, where possible, to further sources of information.

Dates: 1950 April 6

Meeting of the Mathematical Computing Advisory Panel, June 8, 1950, 1950 June 15

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Identifier: 16
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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-1055. A series of half-hour talks and some informal discussions on the subject "Solution of Probleme on Existing Computers" were presented at a one-day meeting in Washington, D.C. This note contains what were to the author the highlights of the meeting.

Dates: 1950 June 15

Progress Report, Project 6751, March 1 to October 1, 1951, 1951 October 2

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Scope and Contents MIT DIC 6751. Project Whirlwind Memo M-1293. During this period we have been working on problems proposed by the Carter Oil Company and by the Humble Oil Company. We have had personal visits and inquiries from members of these companies and of the Magnolia Petroleum Company (Socony-Vacuum), the Continental Oil Company, and the Gulf Research and Development Company. At the Industrial Liaison Office Conference on May 2 and 3, many of the participants exhibited interest and requested copies of...
Dates: 1951 October 2

Progress Report, Project 6751, November 13, 1950 To March 2, 1951, 1951 March 14

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Scope and Contents MIT DIC 6751. Project Whirlwind Memo M-1181. During the period from November 13, 1950, to January 29, 1951, work on Project 6751 — the application of a digital computer to underground oil reservoir problems — was directed towards gaining familiarity with the problems and the work which has been done elsewhere. Since that time, active programming of a particular simplified version of the problem has been underway and will be ready for trial runs on Whirlwind I in the near future. Progress...
Dates: 1951 March 14

Selected Descriptive Material Whirlwind I Computer: General, 1950 November 10

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Scope and Contents MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Report R-193-v-1. This cover contains a selection of diagrams and memorandums from the reports that have been written about the Whirlwind I electronic computer. This material has been assembled for general reference use by people interested in applications of the computer. Volume 1 contains reproductions of a series of posters that present a simplified elementary picture of the computer, its operation, and some of its applications; two memorandums that list...
Dates: 1950 November 10

Selected Descriptive Material Whirlwind I Computer: Introduction to Coding, 1950 November 10

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Identifier: 16
Scope and Contents MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Report R-193-v-2. This cover contains a selection of diagrams and memorandums from the reports that have been written about the Whirlwind I electronic computer. This material has been assembled for general reference use by people interested in applications of the computer. Volume 1 contains reproductions of a series of posters that present a simplified elementary picture of the computer, its operation, and some of its applications; two memorandums that list...
Dates: 1950 November 10