Electromechanical Computer Component, ASSC Mark I

Description:

This is a component of the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC), known otherwise as the Harvard Mark I. The electromechanical assembly contains seven commutators, each with a plastic piece on top of it with a hole in it, with numbers stamped around the hole to denote contacts. It has a metal frame, gear, contacts, clutch and brushes.

Date Made: 1944

Maker: IBMHarvard University

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge, Harvard University

Subject: Mathematics

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Mathematics, Computers & Business Machines

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Credit Line: Gift of President and Fellows of Harvard University

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MA.324288Accession Number: 248831Catalog Number: 324288

Object Name: Computer ComponentElectromechanical Computer Component

Measurements: overall: 8 cm x 8 cm x 7.5 cm; 3 1/8 in x 3 1/8 in x 2 15/16 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-88f2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_904269

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