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A-C Network Calculator, inside mechanics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1945
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1945
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Photograph of some of the inner mechanics of Illinois Institute of Technology's A-C Network Calculator. The A-C Calculator, used to test complex power systems in a controlled, miniature environment, was the tenth of its kind in the country. It was cooperatively purchased by Illinois Tech's Electrical Engineering department and a ten Midwest power companies for $80,000 in 1944. more
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W.C. Jacobs and J.M. Brager of Consumer Powers Company with A-C Network Calculator, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1951
Year:
1951-08
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Description
W.C Jacobs (left) and J. M. Brager (right) of Consumers Power Company, Jackson, Michigan, making adjustments on Illinois Institute of Technology's A-C Network Calculator during a study on the calculator of the Consumers Power system. The A-C Calculator, used to test complex power systems in a controlled, miniature environment, was the tenth of its kind in the country. It was cooperatively… more
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Two Men with A-C Network Calculator, Illinois Institute of Technology, ca. 1951
Year:
1951
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Photograph of two men (possibly W.C Jacobs and J. M. Brager of Consumers Power Company using Illinois Institute of Technology's A-C Network Calculator. The A-C Calculator, used to test complex power systems in a controlled, miniature environment, was the tenth of its kind in the country. It was cooperatively purchased by Illinois Tech's Electrical Engineering department and a ten… more
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Ear on Chicago, episode 38: Running a Mountain Through a Sieve: Universal Atlas Cement Company
Year:
1956
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Buckstaff, John B., Hill, Hugh, Illinois Institute of Technology, WBBM (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.)
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Air date unknown, date is approximate. Produced in cooperation with WBBM radio, recorded, and edited by John B. Buckstaff, supervisor of radio and television at IIT; narrated by Fahey Flynn, a noted Chicago newscaster, and Hugh Hill, special events director of WBBM (later, a well-known Chicago television news anchor), coordinated by Herb Grayson, WBBM director of information services; and… more
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