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In article <7cu9ns0dssbmpu17rrsckvgao7t3olfkgg@4ax.com>, Alan Kong
<ako### [at] povrayNO-SPAM org> wrote:
> >Still, it is newer than my (incomplete) set of Encyclopedia Britannica,
> >which is from 1959.
>
> Try to hold on to that Britannica set. It will be quite a novelty
> someday, when people will marvel at an encyclopedia that isn't on some
> sort of magnetic or optical storage medium <s>. It's more interesting to
> see what *isn't* contained within the text, as technology has yielded a
> heckuva lot of changes since 1959.
Try to look up anything to do with "computers", for example...
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On Thu, 20 Jul 2000 15:58:08 -0500 Chris Huff <chr### [at] maccom> wrote:
>Try to look up anything to do with "computers", for example...
Does it have any information on ENIAC or other pioneering digital
devices?
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Alan Kong wrote:
> Does it have any information on ENIAC or other pioneering digital
> devices?
http://www.acronymfinder.com/
ENIAC = Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator
:)
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In article <i9gfnsggve6frmv0lkvvevhcb6vaarjptm@4ax.com>, Alan Kong
<ako### [at] povrayNO-SPAMorg> wrote:
> Does it have any information on ENIAC or other pioneering digital
> devices?
Nothing....at least, nothing that I could find. Not even anything on
mechanical computers...though there might be something under Babbage.
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On Fri, 21 Jul 2000 10:39:44 -0500, Chris Huff <chr### [at] maccom> wrote:
>In article <i9gfnsggve6frmv0lkvvevhcb6vaarjptm@4ax.com>, Alan Kong
><ako### [at] povrayNO-SPAMorg> wrote:
>
>> Does it have any information on ENIAC or other pioneering digital
>> devices?
>
>Nothing....at least, nothing that I could find. Not even anything on
>mechanical computers...though there might be something under Babbage.
I have the 1955 edition of E.B. and for computers the index refers to
"Mathematical Instruments" which leads to "Calculating Machines". This article
has over 8 pages, with photographs, and is a good survey of mechanical
calculators from Babbage through to Remington Rand. There is a reference to the
IBM sequence controlled calculator at Harvard (1946) and says "under the
control of a sequence tape; multiplication and division up to 23 significant
figures are possible" Under the heading "Relay and Electronic Calculators" it
says "The electronic tube which can operate in the order of millionths of a
second naturally recommends itself for high-speed calculators, and many such
units have been built. Many of these developments were undertaken during World
War II, and complete information is not yet available to the public."
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In article <g5rlnski94ppvuq6ilaak95ivmd34im2bn@4ax.com>, David
Wilkinson <dav### [at] blueyondercouk> wrote:
> I have the 1955 edition of E.B. and for computers the index refers to
> "Mathematical Instruments" which leads to "Calculating Machines".
> This article has over 8 pages, with photographs, and is a good survey
> of mechanical calculators from Babbage through to Remington Rand.
So I was just looking in the wrong place...
My copy covers ENIAC, magnetic core memory, magnetic drums, etc. I now
wonder how I missed all this...
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Try: http://www.refdesk.com .
They have a good section on chemistry.
Gail Shaw wrote:
>
> Does anyone know, or know where I can find info
> on the physical and optical properties of ethane
> (C2H6) at -178 degrees C and 1.6 atm? It's a liquid
> at that temp and pressure.
>
> I need the colour, transparency, reflectivity and ior.
> I looked in the newior.inc file, but couldn't find anything.
>
> Thanks
>
> Gail
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Also:
Friend, D.G.; Ingham, H.; Ely, J.F., Thermophysical properties of
ethane, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1991, 20(2), 275-347
Tim Glover
tgl### [at] nettallycom
On Wed, 02 Aug 2000 11:07:28 -0400, Chuck Roberts <rob### [at] accnorg>
wrote:
>Try: http://www.refdesk.com .
>They have a good section on chemistry.
>
>Gail Shaw wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone know, or know where I can find info
>> on the physical and optical properties of ethane
>> (C2H6) at -178 degrees C and 1.6 atm? It's a liquid
>> at that temp and pressure.
>>
>> I need the colour, transparency, reflectivity and ior.
>> I looked in the newior.inc file, but couldn't find anything.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Gail
>
>--
>See my Free stuff page. It has compares free website provider,
>and lists free internet access providers.
>http://www.crosswinds.net/~robertsc/free.htm
>Win98 help file loaded with hints and tips, including securing a
>Win 95/98 PC in a classroom setting. VB4 help file with lots of
>code and hints.
>At http://www.crosswinds.net/~robertsc/
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