I.E.E.E. electrical engineering milestone ENIAC brochure

Collection

Identifier: 2005-073-002

Staff Only

Scope and content

The brochure consists of a brief account of ENIAC, a program for the events connected to the celebration and an explanation of the I.E.E.E.'s Electrical Engineering Milestone program.

Dates

Creation: 1987

Creator

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Philadelphia Section (Organization)

Language of Materials

Text in English.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (1 brochure)

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Joseph Smuckler. Method of acquisition--Gift;; Date of acquisition--2005..

General Note

This a brochure from the Philadelphia Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (I.E.E.E.) commemorating the official unveiling of ENIAC on February 14, 1946. ENIAC was the world's first large scale electronic general-purpose computer. It was developed at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. It was first used to calculate thermonuclear reactions.