Walther, Alwin. Fiat Review of German Science, 1939-1946 Applied Mathematics, Part I. Office of Military Government for Germany, Field Information Agencies Technical, Wiesbaden, Germany, 1948. 8x5 inches, 307pp. Original printed wrappers, very good condition. (Part I of the series still seems to be fairly scarce.) $250
The four articles of particular interest here are:
Article III.
Walther, Alwin and Kron, A.-W. "Nomographie und Rechenschrieber" ("Nomography and slide rules"). Pp 119-128. Including a long and tight bibliography, pp. 119-128.
Article IV. (This is probably the main article in regards to calculating machines and related)
Walther, Alwin and Dreyer, Hans-J. "Mathematische Maschinen und Instrumente, Instrumentelle Verfahren" ("Mathematical Machines and Instruments. Instrumental Methods"), occupies pp 129-165, including an extensive bibliography on pp 158-165
Article V.
Walther, Alwin and H. Unger. "Mathematisache Zahlentaflen, Numerische Untersuchung spezieller Funktionen" ("Mathematical tables. Numerical investigation of special functions."). Pp 167-184.
Article IX. (Rohrbach was a pretty big deal...)
Rohrbach, Hans. "Mathematische und maschinelle Methoden biem chiffrieren und dechiffrieren" ("Mathematical and Mechanical Methods in Cryptography" or so; pp. 233-257, 1948.. "This paper describes some of the systems attacked by the German cryptanalysts and discusses their successes and failures."
Comments