Capacitor used in the development of the 'Baby' computer
- Made:
- 1948 in Manchester
This image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
Buy this image as a print
BuyLicense this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
LicenseThis image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
Buy this image as a print
BuyLicense this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
LicenseThis image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
Buy this image as a print
BuyLicense this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
LicenseThis image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
Buy this image as a print
BuyLicense this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
License
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Capacitor with two crocodile clips, assembled by Geoff Tootill in Manchester, 1948, and used for testing during the development of the 'Baby' computer or Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine. Accompanied by a handwritten note explaining that Geoff found it in the pocket of one of his brown lab coats.
Details
- Category:
- Computing & Data Processing
- Object Number:
- 2018-228
- Materials:
- metal (unknown), paper (fibre product), plastic (unidentified) and wax
- type:
- capacitor
- credit:
- From the estate of Geoff Tootill
