'Backwater - FERUT'
MS. Eng. misc. b. 259/C.38
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
'Backwater - FERUT'
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. misc. b. 259/C.38
Summary
Folder of notes, calculations, routines:
Seventeen bundles, of which the first carries a manuscript note by Strachey 'Schematic plan of part of the St. Lawrence river covered by the 'Backwater' programme (about 50 miles). The loops represent islands. Dotted lines indicate alternative directions of flow in a channel. (These are work sheets)'. Only one set is dated, 5 November 1952.
Folder also includes the programme of a course of lectures on 'The application of digital computers to technical research and development' given at Northampton Polytechnic, London, October 1955, at which Strachey spoke on the St. Lawrence project.
Note: Northampton Polytechnic had a Pegasus computer provided by the National Research Development Corporation, and was in the forefront of computer studies in UK educational institutions.
Date
1952-1955
Language
English
Physical extent
1 file
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Collection contents
Papers and correspondence of Christopher Strachey
Working Papers, Notes, and Calculations
National Research Development Corporation
St. Lawrence River Power Project
'Backwater - FERUT'
