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[[Image:Avionics-ElliottBros-1961-1.jpeg|thumb| 1961. Ref AA below]] | [[Image:Avionics-ElliottBros-1961-1.jpeg|thumb| 1961. Ref AA below]] | ||
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'''Elliott Brothers (London) Ltd''' was an early computer company of the 1950s–60s in the United Kingdom, | '''Elliott Brothers (London) Ltd''' was an early computer company of the 1950s–60s in the United Kingdom, | ||
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* 1804 The company traces its descent from a firm of instrument makers founded in London. | * 1804 The company traces its descent from a firm of instrument makers founded in London. | ||
* 1889 An improved indication piston. Described as 'the well-known opticians' | * 1889 An improved indication piston. Described as 'the well-known opticians'. <ref>[[The Engineer]] of 3rd May 1889 p383</ref> | ||
* 1914 Electrical and mechanical engineers. Specialities: ships' logs, gyro compasses for use on battleships, Wimperis accelerometers and gradometers, all kinds of speed indicators, recorders and switchboard instruments, telegraph apparatus etc. Employees 400 to 500. <ref>[[1914 Whitakers Red Book]]</ref> | |||
* 1916 Private company. | * 1916 Private company. | ||
* 1920 Jan. Physical and Optical Societies Exhibition. Exhibitor of electrical instruments. | * 1920 Jan. Physical and Optical Societies Exhibition. Exhibitor of electrical instruments. <ref>[[The Engineer]] of 16th Jan 1920 p62</ref> | ||
* 1937 Electrical and mechanical instrument makers. | * 1937 Electrical and mechanical instrument makers. <ref>[[1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries]]</ref> | ||
* WWII Manufactured parts for the [[De Havilland Aircraft: DH 98 Mosquito: Suppliers|De Havilland Mosquito]] | * WWII Manufactured parts for the [[De Havilland Aircraft: DH 98 Mosquito: Suppliers|De Havilland Mosquito]] | ||
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* 1960 The well-known computer scientist, Sir Tony Hoare was an employee there from August 1960 for eight years and wrote an ALGOL 60 compiler for the Elliott 803. He also worked on an operating system Elliott 503 Mark II for the computer, although this was less successful and abandoned along with "over thirty man-years of programming effort." | * 1960 The well-known computer scientist, Sir Tony Hoare was an employee there from August 1960 for eight years and wrote an ALGOL 60 compiler for the Elliott 803. He also worked on an operating system Elliott 503 Mark II for the computer, although this was less successful and abandoned along with "over thirty man-years of programming effort." | ||
* 1961 Electrical and mechanical engineers, manufacturing fire control apparatus, precision and electronic equipment for H.M. Ships and instruments and equipment for aircraft. Commercial products include measuring and control instruments, control valves weighing and food preparing machinery and hydraulic pumps. 5,500 employees. | * 1961 Electrical and mechanical engineers, manufacturing fire control apparatus, precision and electronic equipment for H.M. Ships and instruments and equipment for aircraft. Commercial products include measuring and control instruments, control valves weighing and food preparing machinery and hydraulic pumps. 5,500 employees. <ref>[[1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE]]</ref> | ||
* 1963 John Lansdown pioneered the use of computers as an aid to planning; making perspective drawings on an Elliott 803 computer in 1963, modeling a building's lifts and services, plotting the annual fall of daylight across its site, as well as authoring his own computer aided design applications. | * 1963 John Lansdown pioneered the use of computers as an aid to planning; making perspective drawings on an Elliott 803 computer in 1963, modeling a building's lifts and services, plotting the annual fall of daylight across its site, as well as authoring his own computer aided design applications. | ||
* 1968 Supplied plug stringers for the Winfrith power station | * 1968 Supplied plug stringers for the Winfrith power station. <ref>[[The Engineer]] of 8th March 1968 p399 </ref> | ||
* Elliott Automation (as it had become) merged with the [[English Electric Co]] and was then taken over by International Computers and Tabulators ([[ICT]]); this marriage was forced by the British Government, who believed that the UK required a strong national computer company, shortly afterwards in 1968. The combined company was called International Computers Ltd. ([[ICL]]). Sometime later, ICL was acquired by [[GEC]] | * Elliott Automation (as it had become) merged with the [[English Electric Co]] and was then taken over by International Computers and Tabulators ([[ICT]]); this marriage was forced by the British Government, who believed that the UK required a strong national computer company, shortly afterwards in 1968. The combined company was called International Computers Ltd. ([[ICL]]). Sometime later, ICL was acquired by [[GEC]] | ||
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==Sources of Information== | ==Sources of Information== | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Bros.] Wikipedia | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Bros.] Wikipedia | ||
* Mosquito by C. Martin Sharp and Michael J. F. Bowyer. Published by Crecy Books in 1995. ISBN 0-947554-41-6 | * Mosquito by C. Martin Sharp and Michael J. F. Bowyer. Published by Crecy Books in 1995. ISBN 0-947554-41-6 | ||
* AA. [http://www.AviationAncestry.com] Image courtesy of Aviation Ancestry | * AA. [http://www.AviationAncestry.com] Image courtesy of Aviation Ancestry | ||
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Revision as of 08:53, 1 October 2008
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Elliott Brothers (London) Ltd was an early computer company of the 1950s–60s in the United Kingdom,
- 1800 Company founded.
- 1804 The company traces its descent from a firm of instrument makers founded in London.
- 1889 An improved indication piston. Described as 'the well-known opticians'. [1]
- 1914 Electrical and mechanical engineers. Specialities: ships' logs, gyro compasses for use on battleships, Wimperis accelerometers and gradometers, all kinds of speed indicators, recorders and switchboard instruments, telegraph apparatus etc. Employees 400 to 500. [2]
- 1916 Private company.
- 1920 Jan. Physical and Optical Societies Exhibition. Exhibitor of electrical instruments. [3]
- 1937 Electrical and mechanical instrument makers. [4]
- WWII Manufactured parts for the De Havilland Mosquito
- 1945 Company made public.
- 1946 The research laboratories were based at Borehamwood, originally set up in 1946.
- 1950 The first Elliott 152 computer appeared in 1950.
- 1960 The well-known computer scientist, Sir Tony Hoare was an employee there from August 1960 for eight years and wrote an ALGOL 60 compiler for the Elliott 803. He also worked on an operating system Elliott 503 Mark II for the computer, although this was less successful and abandoned along with "over thirty man-years of programming effort."
- 1961 Electrical and mechanical engineers, manufacturing fire control apparatus, precision and electronic equipment for H.M. Ships and instruments and equipment for aircraft. Commercial products include measuring and control instruments, control valves weighing and food preparing machinery and hydraulic pumps. 5,500 employees. [5]
- 1963 John Lansdown pioneered the use of computers as an aid to planning; making perspective drawings on an Elliott 803 computer in 1963, modeling a building's lifts and services, plotting the annual fall of daylight across its site, as well as authoring his own computer aided design applications.
- 1968 Supplied plug stringers for the Winfrith power station. [6]
- Elliott Automation (as it had become) merged with the English Electric Co and was then taken over by International Computers and Tabulators (ICT); this marriage was forced by the British Government, who believed that the UK required a strong national computer company, shortly afterwards in 1968. The combined company was called International Computers Ltd. (ICL). Sometime later, ICL was acquired by GEC
Sources of Information
- [1] Wikipedia
- Mosquito by C. Martin Sharp and Michael J. F. Bowyer. Published by Crecy Books in 1995. ISBN 0-947554-41-6
- AA. [2] Image courtesy of Aviation Ancestry
- ↑ The Engineer of 3rd May 1889 p383
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ The Engineer of 16th Jan 1920 p62
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Engineer of 8th March 1968 p399