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MANUSCRIPT FROM THE INVENTOR OF “ENIAC”
[COMPUTERS]. ECKERT, John Presper (1919-1995). Typed document (“The Computer - A Bridge from Nanoseconds to Seconds”), Chicago, 8 March 1967. 17pp., 4to (292 x 222 mm), old paperclip with some discoloration to cover sheet, numerous holographic annotations in Eckert’s hand, autograph note laid in at p. 7. ECKERT’S COPY, CONSIDERED ONE OF THE PIONEERS IN THE FIELD OF COMPUTER SCIENCE. Eckert was an American electrical engineer and computer pioneer, best-known for his role in co-inventing the first general-purpose electronic digital computer in the world, known as ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer). Later, Eckert would develop the UNIVAC I (Universal Automatic Computer I), the first commercially produced computer in the United States. On 8 March 1967, Eckert delivered a speech at the Electronics Seminar Auspices of Blair & Company discussing the development of high-speed computers.