top unit
- PART OF:
- Elliott / NRDC 401 Mk I Mainframe
Top Unit - the part of the main unit above the indivdual cabinets, made up of two parts, for Elliott/NRDC 401 Computer MkI, c. 1953
This computer was used for eleven years at the Rothamsted Agricultural Institute for
everything from analysis of crop trials and insect damage to work in the mathematics of
genetics. It was brought there by Frank Yates, a wartime operational researcher who
established Rothamsted as a peacetime statistical computing centre.
Yates had previously worked under the eminent statistician, Ronald Fisher, who laid the
foundation for much of modern statistical research, including randomisation, crucial in
clinical as well as agricultural trials today. Yates himself tirelessly encouraged the use of
statistical analysis in government research.
Details
- Category:
- Computing & Data Processing
- Object Number:
- 1965-445 Pt11
- Measurements:
-
Full Top Unit (Both Parts): 185 mm x 3920 mm x 390 mm, 48 kg
'Elliott' half of top unit: 185 mm x 1960 mm x 390 mm,
'Mk2' half of top unit: 185 mm x 1960 mm x 390 mm,
- type:
- unit
- credit:
- National Research Development Corporation
