Murray, Francis J., The Theory of Mathematical Machines, New York: King’s Crown Press, 1947, 116 pp.
The author states that a mathematical machine is a mechanism that provides information concerning the relationships among a specified set of mathematical concepts.
Turck, J. A. V., The Origin of Modern Calculating Machines, Chicago: Western Society of Engineers, 1921.
Recently, however, some magazine and newspaper publishers have seen news value in machines that think, and some good general articles with appeal to a wide audience have appeared. For the references to these articles, see the section of this supplement entitled “Digital Machines—Miscellaneous.”
PUNCH-CARD CALCULATING MACHINES
There are a few general references on punch-card calculating machines:
Baehne, G. Walter, editor, and others, Practical Applications of the Punched Card Method in Colleges and Universities, New York: Columbia University Press, 1935, 442 pp.
This is a collection of many contributions from a number of authors, describing various applications, chiefly educational.