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60706 LEO II Valve Assembly


Description of Photograph

Photograph of a LEO II assembly. According to Peter Bird's caption: 'They were secured into 21 racks and were wired and fused separately. The loops at each end were not only used as handles for easy removal but protected the delicate valves when up-ended to work on the underside'.

Published in Bird, Peter  LEO - The First Business Computer  (Wokingham: Hasler, 1994), plate 17.

 

Provenance
Collected by Peter Bird as part of his research for his book LEO - The First Business Computer (1994).


Date: early 1950s

Physical Description: 2 photographic prints (1 enlargement); black and white

Archives Hub References: CMLEO/PB/PH/2/60706
PJB/3/2/048

Other References: DCMLEO20190524006
                  
                  
                  
                  
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Photograph of 60706 LEO II Valve Assembly

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