Reports, memoranda, photographs and other documents from the archives of the statistician John Simmons (1902-1985), including key material on the development of the pioneering LEO computers by J. Lyons & Company Ltd. during the 1940s and 1950s.
Developing LEO: The world's first business computer
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- ReferenceGB 152 Developing LEO: The world's first business computer
- Dates of Creation20th century
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description39 items reportsphotographs
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John Simmons with LEO
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Publisher: Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick