Series · 5 posters · 1703 to 1970
From binary to the mouse
Leibniz’s binary arithmetic (1703), Ada Lovelace’s Note G on the Analytical Engine (1843), Hollerith’s patent for tabulating census data on punched paper (1889), the transistor (1950) and Engelbart’s mouse (1970).
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1 · Computing pioneers
Leibniz: Explication de l’arithmétique binaire
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, 1703
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3 · Patents
Herman Hollerith: Art of Compiling Statistics, US Patent 395,782
Herman Hollerith, 1889
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4 · Patents
John Bardeen and Walter H. Brattain: Three-Electrode Circuit Element Utilizing Semiconductive Materials, US Patent 2,524,035
John Bardeen, Walter H. Brattain, 1950
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5 · Patents
Douglas C. Engelbart: X–Y Position Indicator for a Display System, US Patent 3,541,541
Douglas C. Engelbart, 1970
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US formats
Letter, Tabloid, 18 × 24 and 24 × 36 in are not in the repository but in the latest release, in one zip per category, with every theme:
- Computing pioneers, US formats computing-us.zip · Leibniz: Explication de l’arithmétique binaire, Sketch of the Analytical Engine: Note G
- Patents, US formats patents-us.zip · Herman Hollerith: Art of Compiling Statistics, US Patent 395,782, John Bardeen and Walter H. Brattain: Three-Electrode Circuit Element Utilizing Semiconductive Materials, US Patent 2,524,035, Douglas C. Engelbart: X–Y Position Indicator for a Display System, US Patent 3,541,541
The A, 50 × 70 and 60 × 80 cm PDFs of these posters, in every theme, are also in the latest release, in one zip per category: Computing pioneers, Patents.
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