Electromechnical Computer Components, ASSC Mark I Relays

Description:

These relays are components of the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC) Mark I. The dimensions given are those of each relay. Each has a black bakelite frame and a metal frame inside this. There are two single coils, covered with a black covering. There are two plugs and forty short prongs on one side of each relay. Most relays are stamped with numbers and letters on the outside metal side.

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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 Harvard University

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1983.3006.03Nonaccession Number: 1983.3006Catalog Number: 1983.3006.03

Object Name: Computer, Electromechanicalelectromechanical computet componentelectromechanical computer componentelectromechanical computer components

Physical Description: bakelite (overall material)metal (overall material)Measurements: overall: 5.3 cm x 4.6 cm x 4.6 cm; 2 1/16 in x 1 13/16 in x 1 13/16 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-71d4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_904273

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