Beckman computer at the San Francisco airport
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- Details
- Description
- Date
- 1956-07-06
- Credit Line
- Courtesy of The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Call No. BANC PIC 1959.010, pt. 4, box 2
- Copyright Owner
- © The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
- Keywords
- jet engines; General Motors; Beckman Instruments
- Object ID
- 500003053
Aerospace firms were the earliest customers for large electronic analog computers. This 60-foot-long Beckman Instruments EASE analog computer was shipped from San Francisco to Indianapolis where the Allison division of General Motors used it to design jet engines.
