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Mercury computer at Oxford University Computing Unit: notes and correspondence concerning...
Catalogue reference: FD 23/1685
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1959-1960
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Description (What the record is about)
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Mercury computer at Oxford University Computing Unit: notes and correspondence concerning its use by Dr A C Stevenson and Dr A E Mourant
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- S458/3
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- Open Document, Open Description
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