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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The posters

Each poster in its first theme; its page has the others, and a wallpaper.

  1. 1 · Computing pioneers

    Leibniz: Explication de l’arithmétique binaire

    Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, 1703

    Print from A3

  2. 2 · Computing pioneers

    Sketch of the Analytical Engine: Note G

    Ada Lovelace, 1843

    Print from A1

  3. 3 · Patents

    Herman Hollerith: Art of Compiling Statistics, US Patent 395,782

    Herman Hollerith, 1889

    Print from A1

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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