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ENIAC Progress Report

Report

By: Mauchly, John W., and J. Presper Eckert, Jr.

Date: 1942–1947

Source: ENIAC Progress Report. Document sent to Ballistic Research Lab, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, 1944.

About the Authors: John W. Mauchly (1907–1980) attended John Hopkins University on scholarships due to his outstanding academic achievements. Though initially interested in engineering, he received a doctorate degree in Physics, and obtained a professorship at Ursinus College, near Philadelphia. In 1941, he became affiliated at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering of the University of Pennsylvania. Here Mauchly was able to combine his interests in engineering and physics by working on the pioneering ENIAC (Electronic Ingrator and Computer) project, together with J. Presper Eckert Jr., with whom he would be associated for the rest of his life. J....