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TABLE OF CONTENTSStudent notebooks of L. L. Wheeler, University of Texas at Austin: |
A Guide to the Mechanical Harmonic Synthesizer / Multiharmonograph Collection, 1939-1948 and undated
Historical NoteThe machine was invented and built by S. Leroy Brown, a professor of physics at the University of Texas at Austin, along with machinists L. H. Gruber and Robert Brandt in the late 1930s. It was used by the University through the 1950s, then put in storage and later disassembled for use in other projects. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentsThis collection of student notes, reports, and photographs documents the mechanical harmonic synthesizer, later known as the mechanical multiharmonograph, an early analog computer. These records were collected by the physics department, transferred to the Texas Memorial Museum when the machine was put in storage and later moved to the Archives of American Mathematics at the Center for American History. Forms part of the Archives of American Mathematics Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsUnrestricted access. Use RestrictionsCollection stored offsite at the Collections Deposit Library. Please allow 48 hours for retrieval. Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationMechanical Harmonic Synthesizer / Multiharmonograph Collection, 1939-1948 and undated, Archives of American Mathematics, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Acquisition InformationTransferred from the Texas Memorial Museum in 1992. Return to the Table of Contents Detailed Description of the Collection
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