{"id":6829,"date":"2016-05-06T16:04:13","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T15:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=6829"},"modified":"2016-05-06T16:04:13","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T15:04:13","slug":"from-the-arithmometer-to-electronic-arithmetic-1998","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/from-the-arithmometer-to-electronic-arithmetic-1998\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Arithmometer to Electronic Arithmetic &#8211; 1998"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the 29th January 1998 a series of presentations and talks were given during the Chapman\/Whitehead memorial meeting. One of these presentations was given by Anne Barrett from the Imperial College Archives. Her presentation was &#8220;From the Arithmometer to Electronic Artihmetic &#8211; The History until 1955.<\/p>\n<p>Alfred North Whitehead was Professor of Mathematics at Imperial College 1914-1924 and Sydney Chapman was Professor of Mathematics 1924-1946.<\/p>\n<p>Anne also mentions the construction, by college members in the 1950&#8217;s, of the Imperial College Computing Engine the ICCE 1.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E-kf24HXLic?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Colin Grimshaw &#8211; 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