I just recently found a cute little computer
book called
"I can learn about Calculators and Computers"
by Raymond G. Kenyon, Harper & Brothers, 1961
112 pages.
The chapters are entitled:
How Early Man Counted and Computed
The Story of Modern Computers
Construct Your Own Calculators and Computers -
- Oriental Abacus
- John Napier's Bones
- Slide Rules
- "Stepped-Wheel" Calculator
- Digital Computer
- Analog Computer
Materials used consist of wood, wire, D-cell
batteries, flashlight bulbs, potentiometers, etc.
Remember wooden cigar boxes?
Regards,
--Doug
=========================================
Doug Coward
_at_ home in Poulsbo, WA
Analog Computer Online Museum and History Center
http://www.best.com/~dcoward/analog
=========================================
Received on Sat Dec 08 2001 - 19:13:01 GMT