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Augusta Ada ByronAUGUSTA ADA BYRON daughter of the poet Byron, later countess Lovelace mathematician, arguably the worlds first computer programmer, aiding Babbage
Central Computer / HarwellThe Central Computer at Harwell serves over 600 users and has 200 typewriter terminals distributed around the site. This view shows the IBM 360/75
Concordes CockpitThe cockpit of the first prototype Concorde, 001, at the St. Martin Sud-Aviation factory at Toulouse, France. Date: late 1960s
Concordes CockpitA mock-up of Concordes cockpit, Filton, Bristol, England, from where the Concorde 002 made its first flight to its test centre at Fairford on 9 April 1969. Date: late 1960s
Charles BabbageCHARLES BABBAGE Mathematician and engineer
Computer Envisaged 1927A COMPUTER, as envisaged in 1927 [illustration to The Thought Machine by Ammianus Marcellinus]
Concordes CockpitA mock-up of Concordes cockpit, Filton, Bristol, England, from where the Concorde 002 made its first flight to its test centre at Fairford on 9 April 1969. Date: 1969
Computer 1960SA compact modern computer with built in screen
A Calculating machine, 1949A double page spread from the Illustrated London News, 1949, reporting on the automatic sequence controlled calculating machine at Manchester University
Promotional photograph for the IBM 1410A female computer technician sits at an IBM 1410, in a promotional photograph for this business computer system. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
1950S Office ComputerA man and a women working together with a Pegasus computer at Ferrantis London computer Centre, 21 Portland Place, W1. Date: 1950s
Adjusting a tape storage deviceA computer technician adjusts the large reels on a computer tape storage device. A promotional photograph for ICT. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
A strange ghostly apparition caught on cameraA strange ghostly apparition caught in a photograph taken in a family home on Sunday, 30th March, 1986. The photograph was supposed to be depicting the 10 year-old boy (Andrew Burlington)
APEX union members campaigning with placardsAPEX (Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff) union members campaigning with placards to demand equal pay for women. Date: circa 1970s
Chimp with computerBecky the chimpanzee (18 months old and raised at Twycross Zoo)sits on a cushion next to a IBM AT-5170 computer, touching the keyboard with her hand. Date: 1987
Sperry bomb-sight apparatus 1944Diagram of a Sperry bomb-sight O-1 used by the United States Army Air Forces (USaF) bombers in World War Two. By manipulating the various control knobs
Computer. MAC model. Early 80 s. 20th century. National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo Da Vinci. Milan. Italy
Man in an office with an Exidy Sorcerer computer and word processor. Date: circa late 1970s
London Fire Brigade control room at headquarters. Officers work at computer stations to coordinate fire and rescue operations
DI Jill McTeague, Arts & Antiques Squad, with necklaceDI Jill McTeague of the Arts & Antiques Squad of the Metropolitan Police, holding a stolen necklace which has been recovered
Boy on 80S ComputerA boy sits at a desk typing on his Commodore 64 keyboard. A printer, joystick and lamp sit on the desk. Two televisions and a strange model of a mushroom are in the background
Girl Using Computer 1974A young woman office worker using what now looks like a rather cumbersome computer
ICT 1900 COMPUTERA man in a suit loads an Information and Communications Technology (I.T.C.) " 1900" magnetic tape computer in his " space age" minimalistic office
Inside a Power StationThe Control Room of Ratcliffe- on-Soar Power Station, Nottinghamshire, England
Young woman working at a computer in a solicitors office. circa 1990
Woman police officer at work in communications roomWoman police officer at work in front of a computer screen in a Met Police communications room. Date: circa late 1970s
Advertisement, IBM CorporationAdvertisement, IBM (International Business Machines) Corporation -- speeding business through electronics. 1950
BABBAGE, Charles (1792-1871). English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, who is best remembered now for originating the concept of a programmable computer. Engraving
Vitis sp. grape seedScanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a grape seed (Vitis sp.), artificially coloured by computer
Metropolitan Police vehicle database, LondonView of the Metropolitan Police vehicle database at New Scotland Yard, London, with officers working at computer terminals, checking the details of stolen vehicles. (2 of 3) Date: 1974
Silicon ChipAn Integrated Circuit, (IC), more commonly known as a Silicon Chip, a vital component of all computers. Date: 1981
Studying Liquid FlowScientific Assistant G. Dimmick, studying liquid flow down surfaces, in connection with the S.G.H.W. reactor programme, Winfrith Atomic Energy Establishment. Date: 1960s
Ultrasonic ProbesThe Analytical Research Unit, Harwell : Measuring the beam characteristics of Ultrasonic probes. Date: March 1968
MicrodensitometerThe Analytical Research Unit, Harwell, is a service for industry to identify and control impurities in industrial materials : Using a microdensitometer and computer Date: 1973
Nuclear Computer 1973Inspection of nuclear reactor fuel element components at Springfields Laboratories : Close-up of the computerised measurement of the grids. Date: 1973
Chemical TechnologyA JEM 7A microscope can examine gas or solid interface reactions at temperatures of up to 1200oC, Chemistry Division, Harwell. Date: 1960s
Microcircuit DevelopmentA metallurgist examines a microcircuit on the enlarging screen of a microscope at A.W.R.E. Aldermaston. Date: early 1970s
Computer operatorsA female operator checks the terminal of a large IBM computer. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Office scene with large angled mirrorA futuristic office with a large angled mirrored screen running along one wall, with up to the minute computer systems visible in the reflection. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Two technicians check a computer printoutTwo bespectacled computer technicians, both wearing suits, view a readout from the terminal of an IBM computer system. A promotional photograph taken for the company
Computer Systems - Tape StorageThree men examine a tape storgae device for a large industrial computer system. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Model of a computer room layoutA planned layout of a computer room, including terminals and long banks of tape storage devices.Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Measuring the current of a large electronic deviceA man measures the current running through a large electronic device, possibly an early computer or exchange. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
The factory floor of an electronics manufacturerMen at work on the busy factory floor of an electronics company, assembling complicated-looking devices. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Education, computer trainingA schoolboy works on early computer circuitry at Sevenoaks School Technical Centre
Criminal Record OffceChecking fingerprints on the computer at the Criminal Record Office of New Scotland Yard. Metropolitan Police
A Calculating machineThe control panel of the automatic sequence-controlled calculating machine at Manchester University; showing the monitor cathode-ray tube with Dr. T. Kilburn (left) and Professor F. C