| 1854 |
| BIRD, Golding |
| Calculating Machines |
| Extracted from the "Elements of Natural Philosophy" Edited by Chas. Brooke |
| Booklet | Doran collection |
| 1888 |
| Dick and FitzGerald |
| Dick's Complete Log and Lumber Measurer |
| Dick and FitzGerald, New York |
| Ready reckoner |
| Book | Doran collection |
| 1921 |
| TURCK, J. A. V. |
| Origin of Modern Calculating Machines |
| The Western Society of Engineers, Chicago |
| A popular account of the history of mechanical calculators. Signed by the author. |
| Book | Doran collection |
| 1935 |
| BAEHNE G.W. (Ed.) |
| Practical Applications of the Punched Card Method in Colleges and Universities |
| Columbia University Press |
| A collection of articles. Nice plates illustrating equipment. 1948 printing. |
| Book | Industrial Research Ltd |
| 1940 |
| ECKERT W.J. |
| Punched Card Methods in Scientific Computation |
| The Thomas J. Watson Astronomical Computing Bureau, Columbia University |
| Pre-computer techniques for large-scale computation using punch card equipment. |
| Book | Industrial Research Ltd |
| 1942 |
| HARTKEMEIER Harry P. |
| Principles of Punch-Card Machine Operation |
| Thomas Y. Crowell Company |
| How to operate and program punch-card tabulating and alphabetic accounting machines. |
| Book | Industrial Research Ltd |
| 1943 |
| LEWIS, W. B. |
| Electrical Counting |
| Cambridge University Press |
| With special reference to counting alpha and beta particles. Description of digital circuits using vacuum tubes. |
| Book | Doran collection |
| 1947 |
| HARTREE, D. R. |
| Calculating Machines, Recent & Prospective Developments |
| Cambridge University Press |
| Inaugural Lecture |
| Booklet | Doran collection |
| MURRAY, Fred |
| The Theory of Mathematical Machines |
| King's Crown Press, New York |
| A text on the use of machines to perform calculations, analog and digital. |
| Book | Doran collection |
| 1948 |
| Harvard University, Computation Laboratory |
| Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery |
| Harvard University Press |
| Vol. XVI of Annals of the Computation Laboratory.Proceedings of conference at the opening of the Harvard Computation |
| Book | Industrial Research Ltd |
| IBM |
| IBM Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator |
| IBM |
| A glossy poular account of the SSEC installed in New York |
| Booklet | Industrial Research Ltd |
| SVOBODA, Antonin |
| Computing Mechanisms and Linkages |
| McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York |
| Text on analogue calculating devices for range-finding etc. |
| Book | Industrial Research Ltd |
| WILKINSON, J. H. |
| Progress Report on the Automatic Computing Engine |
| NPL |
| NPL report MA/17/1024, April 1948 |
| Technical report | Doran collection |
| 1949 |
| IBM |
| IBM Card-Programmed Electronic Calculator |
| IBM |
| Sales brochure for the CPEC |
| Brochure | Industrial Research Ltd |
| GILL, S. |
| Second Progress Report on the Automatic Computing Engine |
| N.P.L. |
| Report from the Mathematics Division, N.P.L., June 1949. |
| Technical report | Doran collection |
| HARTREE, Douglas R. |
| Calculating Instruments and Machines |
| University of Illinois Press |
| Summary of state of the art. Ranging from The Differential Analyser to current development projects. |
| Book | Industrial Research Ltd |
| BERKELEY, Edmund C. |
| Giant Brains or Machines that Think |
| John Wiley & Sons |
| A text on automated calculation mainly using electromechanical calculators. 2nd printing Feb. 1950. |
| Book | Industrial Research Ltd |
| IBM |
| Card-Programmed Electronic Calculator Preliminary Manual of Information |
| IBM |
| Overview manual for important precursor to the automatic digital computer. |
| Manual | Industrial Research Ltd |
| 1950 |
| MORTON, Paul L. |
| The California Digital Computer |
| University of California |
| University of California, Department of Engineering, Berkeley, Technical Report series 25, issue 1, June 20, 1950. |
| Technical report | Industrial Research Ltd |
| Rutgers University |
| Papers presented ath the Rutgers University Conference on Automatic Computing |
| Rutgers University |
| March 28-29, 1950. Carbon copies. typewritten. loose bound. ACM conference. Some brochures have been catalogued |
| Proceedings | Industrial Research Ltd |
| TOMPKINS, C. B., WAKELIN, J. H., STIFLER, W. W. |
| High-Speed Computing Devices |
| McGraw-Hill |
| By the staff of Engineering Research Associates. |
| Book | Doran collection |
| WILKES, M. V. (Ed.) |
| High Speed Automatic Calculating Machines |
| Cambridge University Mathematical Laboratory |
| Report of a Conference, 22-25 June 1949. |
| Proceedings | Industrial Research Ltd |
| 1951 |
| DODD K.N., GLENNIE A. E. |
| An Introduction to the Use of High-speed Automatic Digital Computing Machines |
| Ministry of Supply |
| Memo No. 7/51 of Armament Research Establishment, Physical Reasearch Division, Fort Halstead, Kent. Based around |
| Technical report | Industrial Research Ltd |
| WILKINSON, J. H. |
| Report on the Pilot Model of the Automatic Computing Engine |
| NPL |
| Report of Mathematics Division and Electronics Section, N.P.L., September 1951 |
| Technical report | Doran collection |
| WILKES Maurice V., WHEELER, David J., Gill, Stanley |
| The Preparation of Programs for an Electronic Digital Computer |
| Addison-Wesley Press |
| First book on writing programs for an electronic computer. EDSAC. |
| Book | Industrial Research Ltd |
| Remington Rand |
| UNIVAC fac-tronic system as used by The Army Map Service. |
| Remington Rand |
| Sales brochure including photos. |
| Brochure | Industrial Research Ltd |
| KEISTER, William, RITCHIE, Alastair E., WASHBURN, Seth H. |
| The Design of Switching Circuits |
| D. van Nostrand |
| Text. Mainly telephony circuits but also for arithmetic. |
| Book | Doran collection |
| CASEY Robert S., PERRY James W. (Eds.) |
| Punched Cards. Their applications to science and industry |
| Reinhold Publishing Corporation |
| Collection of articles on punched card data processing. Includes bibliography. Second printing 1952. |
| Book | Industrial Research Ltd |
| Remington Rand |
| Programming UNIVAC Fac-tronic Systems. Manual I. |
| Remington Rand |
| Programming manual for first US commercial electronic computer. |
| Manual | Industrial Research Ltd |
| 1952 |
| KORN, Granino A., KORN, Theresa M. |
| Electronic Analogue Computers |
| McGraw-Hill |
| Text. 1956 edition. |
| Book | Doran collection |
| HARTKEMEIER, Harry P. |
| Punch-Card Methods |
| WM. C. Brown Company, Dubuque, Iowa |
| How to Use and Operate Punching, Sorting, Electronic Statistical, Tabulating, and Accounting Machines. |
| Book | Industrial Research Ltd |
| DAVIS Malvin E., BARBER William P. Jr. FINELLI John J., KLEM Walter |
| New Recording Means and Computing Devices |
| Society of Acturaries |
| Report of a Committee to the Society of Acturaries. Punched card techniques. |
| Book | Industrial Research Ltd |
| CSIRO |
| Proceedings of Conference on Automatic Computing Machines |
| CSIRO |
| Held in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Sydney, August 1951. (First Australian computing |
| Proceedings | Industrial Research Ltd |
| AIKEN, Howard, et. al. |
| Description of a Magnetic Drum Calculator |
| Harvard University Press |
| Vol. XXV of Annals of the Computation Laboratory. Description of the Harvard Mark III. |
| Book | Radio Research Centre |
| 1953 |
| BOWDEN B. V. (Ed.) |
| Faster than thought. |
| Pitman |
| A collection of papers overviewing electronic computers from major authors, edited as a consistent work. Location of the |
| Book | Doran collection |
| GRUENBERGER Fred |
| Computing Manual |
| The University of Wisconsin Press |
| A guide to calculation using punched card equipment. |
| Book | Industrial Research Ltd |
| HARTUNG, Maurice L. |
| How to Use Log Log Slide Rules |
| Pickett & Eckel Ltd |
| Pickett & Eckel Ltd., Chicago |
| Booklet | Industrial Research Ltd |
| IBM |
| IBM 46-47 Tape-to-Card Punch Manual of Operation |
| IBM |
| 1956 printing |
| Manual |
| Institute of Radio Engineers |
| Proceedings of the IRE, October 1953 |
| Institute of Radio Engineers |
| Special triple-sized issue devoted to computers. |
| Journal | Industrial Research Ltd |
| BOOTH, Andrew D., BOOTH, Kathleen H. V. |
| Automatic Digital Calculators |
| Butterworths |
| Includes descriptions of Booths' APEC computers at Imperial College |
| Book | Doran collection |
| 1954 |
| National Physical Laboratory |
| Automatic Digital Computation |
| HMSO |
| Proceedings of a Symposium held at the National Physical Laboratory on March 25-28, 1953. |
| Book | Industrial Research Ltd |
| SOROKA Walter W. |
| Analog Methods in Computation and Simulation |
| McGraw-Hill Publishing Company |
| Text book. |
| Book | Industrial Research Ltd |
| 1955 |
| ECKERT W. J. & JONES, Rebecca |
| Faster, Faster |
| McGraw-Hill |
| Popular account of electronic computing detailing the IBM NORC. |
| Book | Doran collection |
| RICHARDS, R. K. |
| Arithmetic Operations in Digital Computers |
| D. van Nostrand |
| Text on computer arithmetic. |
| Book | Doran collection |
| Office Management Association |
| The Scope for Electronic Computers in the Office |
| Office Management Association |
| Papers produced for the National Conference of the Office Management Association, Brighton, May 1955. Contains position |
| Catalogue | Industrial Research Ltd |
| LOCKE, William N., BOOTH, A. Donald. |
| Machine Translation of Languages |
| MIT Press |
| Fourteen essays. |
| Book | Radio Research Centre |
| Ferranti Ltd. |
| Ferranti Pegasus Computer Programming Manual |
| Ferranti Ltd. |
| Issue 1, Sept. 1955. |
| Manual | Industrial Research Ltd |
| English Electric |
| English Electric D.E.U.C.E. Programming Manual |
| The English Electric Company Limited |
| Date uncertain. |
| Manual | Industrial Research Ltd |
| CLEATOR, P. E. |
| The Robot Era |
| George Allen & Unwin |
| Popular account, mainly on automation. |
| Book | Doran collection |
| FLORIDA C. D. |
| Decimal-to Binary and Binary-to-Decimal Conversion Methods |
| Defence Research Telecommunications Establishment |
| EL Report No. 5059-4. Electronics Laboratory, Defence Research Telecommunications Establishment, Ottawa |
| Technical report | Industrial Research Ltd |