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Hollingdale, S. H. and Barritt, M. M. (1958a) An Application of a Computer to Wind Tunnel Design: 1. The Computer Journal, 1, 42-47.

Hollingdale, S. H. and Barritt, M. M. (1958b) An Application of a Computer to Wind Tunnel Design: 2. The Computer Journal, 1, 64-68.

Hopgood, F. R. A. and Bell, A. G. (1966) The Atlas ALGOL preprocessor for non-standard dialects. The Computer Journal, 9, 360-364.

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Howlett, J. (1999) The Atlas Computer Laboratory. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 21, 17-23.

Huesmann L. R. and Goldberg, R. P. (1967) Evaluating computer systems through simulation. The Computer Journal, 10, 150-156.

Humby, E. (1961) RAPIDWRITE-A New Approach to COBOL Readability. The Computer Journal, 4, 301-304.

Hurd, C. C. (1985) A Note On Early Monte Carlo Competitions and Scientific Meetings. Annals of the History of Computing, 7, 141-155.

Ibbett, R. N. (1999) The University of Manchester MU5 Project. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 21, 24-33.

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Kilburn, T., Howarth, D. J., Payne, R. B. and Sumner, F. H. (1961) The Manchester University Atlas Operating System Part I: Internal Organisation. The Computer Journal, 4, 222-225.

King, P. F. and Peel, D. A. (1960) An Analysis of a Hydro-electric System. The Computer Journal, 3, 161-163.

King, P. J. H. (1967) Discussion and correspondence-Some comments on Systematics. The Computer Journal, 10, 116-118.

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Langham, E. J. (1965) The underground storage of compressed air for gas turbines: a dynamic study on an analogue computer. The Computer Journal, 8, 216-224.

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Lavington, S. (1998) A History of Manchester Computers, 2nd edn. The British Computer Society, Swindon.

Lavington, S. H. and Rosenthal, L. E. (1966) Some facilities for speech processing by computer. The Computer Journal, 9, 330-339.

Lee, J. A. N. (1984) Pioneer Day, 1982. Annals of the History of Computing, 6, 7-14.

Lee, J. A. N. (1985) Introduction to Special Issue 'COBOL: Twenty-fifth Anniversary'. Annals of the History of Computing, 7, 286-287.

Lee, J. A. N. (2000) Howard Aiken's Third Machine: The Harvard Mark III Calculator or Aiken-Dahlgren Electronic Calculator. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 22, 62-81.

Long, P. A. (1961) A Data Transmission Survey. The Computer Journal, 4, 95-98.

MacKenzie, D. (1991) The Influence of the Los Alamos and Livermore National Laboratories on the Development of Supercomputing. Annals of the History of Computing, 13, 179-201.

Mahoney, M. S. (1988) The History of Computing in the History of Technology. Annals of the History of Computing, 10, 113-125.

Martin, D. W. (1958) Runge-Kutta Methods for Integrating Differential Equations on High Speed Digital Computers. The Computer Journal, 1, 118-123.

Massey, R. G. (1962) Computers in a new steelworks. The Computer Journal, 5, 271-275.

Matthewman, J. C. (1967) The crystallographers' friend. The Computer Journal, 10, 38-45.

Merry, I. W. and Norrie, G. O. (1961) Character Quality and Scanner Organisation. The Computer Journal, 4, 137-143.

Metropolis, N., Howlett, J. and Rota, G.-C. (eds) (1980) A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century: A Collection of Essays. Academic Press, New York.

Musk, F. I. (1959) A Monte Carlo Simulation of a Production Planning Problem. The Computer Journal, 2, 90-94.

Musk, F. I. (1967a) One man's meat: Part 1-The uses of adversity. The Computer Journal, 9, 1-2.

Musk, F. I. (1967b) One man's meat: Part 2-Now let's pretend. The Computer Journal, 9, 213-214.

Musk, F. I. (1967c) One man's meat: Part 3-It's all good grist that comes to our mill. The Computer Journal, 10, 126-127.

Napper, R. B. E. (1967) Some proposals for SNAP, a language with formal macro facilities. The Computer Journal, 10, 231-243.

Neate, R. and Dacey, W. J. (1959) A Simulation of Melting Shop Operations. The Computer Journal, 2, 59-66.

O'Neill, J. E. (1995) 'Prestige Luster' and 'Snow-Balling Effects': IBM's Development of Computer Time-Sharing. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 17, 50-54.

Palfreman, J. and Swade, D. (1993) The Dream Machine Exploring the Computer Age. BBC Books, London.

Papworth, D. G. (1960) Computers and Change-Ringing. The Computer Journal, 3, 47-50.

Parker-Rhodes, A. F. (1964) The communication of algorithms. The Computer Journal, 7, 28-35.

Parlett, B. N. (1990) The Contribution of J. H. Wilkinson to Numerical Analysis. In Nash, S. G. (ed.) A History of Scientific Computing. ACM Press, New York.

Pearson, K. W. (1962) Satellite communications. The Computer Journal, 5, 308-311.

Penny, J. P. (1967) An analysis, both theoretical and by simulation, of a time-shared computer system. The Computer Journal, 9, 53-59.

Phillips, C. S. E. (1967) Networks for real-time programming. The Computer Journal, 10, 46-52.

Playfair, Sir E. (1964) Computers and psychology. The Computer Journal, 7, 1-3.

Pratt, V. (1987) Thinking Machines The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence. Basil Blackwell, Oxford.

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Pullin, D. (1964) A FORTRAN to ALGOL translator. The Computer Journal, 7, 24-27.

Randell, B. (1994) The origins of Computer programming. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 16, 6-14.

Ranyard, J. C. and Wren A. (1967) The optimum arrangement of towers in an electric power transmission line. The Computer Journal, 10, 157-161.

Reid, J. K. (1966) A method for finding the optimum successive over-relaxation parameter. The Computer Journal, 9, 200-204.

Reitwiesner, G. W. (1997) The First Operating System for the EDVAC. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 19, 55-59.

Richardson, M. (1964) User's experience of CLEO. The Computer Journal, 7, 102-103.

Ridgion, J. M., Willmott, A. J. and Thewlis, J. H. (1964) An analogue computer simulation of a Cowper Stove. The Computer Journal, 7, 188-196.

Robinson, C. (1958) DEUCE Interpretive Programs. The Computer Journal, 1, 172-176.

Rohl, J. S. (1999) The Influence of Programming Languages on the Design of MU5. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 21, 34-37.

Rollet, J. S. and Wilkinson, J. H. (1961) Correspondence. The Computer Journal, 4, 279.

Rosen, S. (1969) Electronic Computers: A Historical Survey. Computing Surveys, 1, 6-36.

Rousell, A. R. (1962) A progress report on NEBULA. The Computer Journal, 5, 162-163.

Russell, D. G. (1963) The problems of data transmission systems in a general manufacturing data processing installation. The Computer Journal, 6, 210-213.

Ryder, K. L. (1963) Note on an ALGOL 60 compiler for Pegasus I. The Computer Journal, 6, 336-338.

Sammet, J. E. (1991) Some Appraoches to, and Illustrations of, Programming Language History. Annals of the History of Computing, 13, 33-50.

Sejnowski, T. J. (1989) The Computer and the Brain Revisited. Annals of the History of Computing, 11, 197-201.

Shelburne, B. J. and Burton, C. P. (1998)Early Programs on the Manchester Mark I Prototype. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 20, 4-15.

Smith, K. L. (1963) The views of the Data Transmission Committee. The Computer Journal, 6, 222-227.

Smith, N. (1966) Systems analysis problems encountered during a large computer application. The Computer Journal, 9, 230-237.

Smith, R. E. (1989) A Historical Overview of Computer Archtecture. Annals of the History of Computing, 10, 277-303.

Taylor, B. R. (1961) Experience with a Digital Computer in an Aeroplane Testing Establishment. The Computer Journal, 4, 25-29.

Thompson, T. R. (1958) Four Years of Automatic Office Work. The Computer Journal, 1, 106-112.

Thompson, T. R. (1962) Fundamental principles of expressing a procedure for a computer applicationcomputer application. The Computer Journal, 5, 164-169.

Tweedale, G. (1990) Calculating Machines and Computers. Shire Publications Limited, Princes Risborough.

Verdon, F. P. and Wells, M. (1995) Computing in British Universites: The Computer Board 1966-1991. The Computer Journal, 38, 822-830.

Verjus, J. P. (1990)Programming in Grenoble in the 1960s and those who Flew from the Nest. Annals of the History of Computing, 12, 95-101.

Vince, P. H. (1964) Documentation for systems design. The Computer Journal, 7, 8-14.

Watt, J. M. (1962) The realisation of ALGOL procedures and designational expressions. The Computer Journal, 5, 332-337.

Watt, J. M. and Young, A. (1962) An attempt to simulate the liver on a computer. The Computer Journal, 5, 221-227.

Wheeler, D. J. (1959) Note on Runge-Kutta Method of Integrating Ordinary Differential Equations. The Computer Journal, 2, 23.

Wheeler, D. J. (1990) Programmed Computing at the Universities of Cambridge and Illinois in the Early Fifties. In Nash, S. G. (ed.), A History of Scientific Computing. ACM Press, New York.

Wilkes, M. V. (1958) Presidential Address: The Second Decade of Computer Development. The Computer Journal, 1, 98-105.

Wilkes, M. V. (1962) Discussion Session 4: 18 April 1962. The Computer Journal, 5, 183 and page 184

Wilkes, M. V. (1964) Lists and why they are useful. The Computer Journal, 7, 278-281.

Wilkes, M. V. (1967) The design of mutiple-access computer systems. The Computer Journal, 10, 1-9.

Wilkes, M. V. (1997) Arithmetic on the EDSAC. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 19, 13-15.

Wilkes, M. V. and Needham, R. M. (1967) The design of mutiple-access computer systems: Part 2. The Computer Journal, 10, 315-320.

Wilkinson, J. H. (1958a) The Calculation of the Eigenvectors of Codiagonal Matrices. The Computer Journal, 1, 90-96.

Wilkinson, J. H. (1958b) The Calculation of Eigenvectors by the Method of Lanczos. The Computer Journal, 1, 148-152.

Wilkinson, J. H. (1960) Householder's Method for the Solution of the Algebraic Eigenproblem. The Computer Journal, 3, 23-27.

Wilkinson, J. H. (1965) The Algebraic Eigenvalue Problem. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Wilkinson, J. H. and Reinsch, C. (eds) (1971) Handbook for Automatic Computation, Volume II: Linear Algebra. Springer-Verlag, New York.

Williams, M. B. (1961) Present and Future Facilities for Data Transmission. The Computer Journal, 4, 88-95.

Williams, M. R. (1997) A History of Computing Technology. IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA.

Winegrad, D. (1996) Celebrating The Birth of Modern Computing: The Fiftieth Anniversary of a Discovery At The Moore School of Engineering of the University of Pennsylvania. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 18, 5-9.

Woodger, M. (1960) An Introduction to ALGOL 60. The Computer Journal, 3, 67-75.

Woodward, P. M. (1966) The synthesis of music and speech. The Computer Journal, 9, 257-262.

Wright, E. P. G. (1961) Data Collection and Transmission. The Computer Journal, 4, 103-109.

Young, D. M. (1990) A Historical Review of Iterative Methods. In Nash, S. G. (ed.) A History of Scientific Computing, pp. 180-195. ACM Press, New York.

Zemanek, H. (1980) Central Europoean Prehistory of Computing. In Metropolis, N., Howlett, J. and Rota, G.-C. (eds), A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century. Academic Press, London.

Zuse, K. (1980) Some Remarks on the History of Computing in Germany. In Metropolis, N., Howlett, J. and Rota, G.-C. (eds), A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century. Academic Press, London.