Lenaerts Notebook 46 (3 Nov 1965 - 28 Feb 1966)

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Notebook kept by Ernest Lenaerts during his work on the LEO computer.

Includes entries:

NB46_001:     Front cover
NB46_002:     November 3rd 1965,
NB46_003:     November [5th] 1965, work outstanding
NB46_004:     
NB46_005:     Properties of paper
NB46_006:     Causes of tape feed problems
NB46_007:     
NB46_008:     Lecture on static electricity
NB46_009:     Polyester film
NB46_010:     Wire hardness, tape defects
NB46_011:     November 12th 1965, funeral Bill [Dawes], November 15th 1965, planning approval for pipes
NB46_012:     Ribbon tests, budgeting for equipment
NB46_013:     Abrasiveness of paper tape
NB46_014:     November 16th 1965, rubbing abrasiveness, anti-static
NB46_015:     Paper and ribbon for system 4
NB46_016:     Testing ribbon samples
NB46_017:     November 24th 1965, visit from Hylands of Kado, printing on nylon
NB46_018:     Marian Hines tests on tape
NB46_019:     Ultrasonic cleaning
NB46_020:     December 1st 1965, Richardson of EEA on paper properties
NB46_021:     Cutting abrasion
NB46_022:     Paper cutting cont.
NB46_023:     Opportunities for qualified men
NB46_024:     Problems with paper
NB46_025:     December 2nd 1965,system 4 booklet
NB46_026:     December 6th 1965, printers, static measurements by Healy Papworths, Cardiff
NB46_027:     December 7th 1965, visit to Cambridge
NB46_028:     Visit Shirley Institute, static control
NB46_029:     December 16th & 20th 1965, work stared on audiometer room
NB46_030:     Reflective markers
NB46_031:     December 22nd 1965
NB46_032:     Bible on 2 sq inches of celluloid
NB46_033:     December 31st 1965 &January 3rd 1966
NB46_034:     January 5th 1966, BSI standards for [traditional vs continuous stationary]
NB46-035:     Defining paper standards, EEA vs BETA
NB46-036:     Surface finish, reflectivity, stiffness, thickness etc. [of paper]
NB46-037:     Paper characteristics cont.
NB46-038:     January 12 1966, paper printing and QC, Corlette request to document standards for stationary
NB46-039:     January 17 1966, document reader requirements, precision cartridge metrics
NB46-040:     Print quality, ribbon evaluation, marketing team
NB46-041:     January 25 1966, experiments printing with die on glass and paper
NB46-042:     Die printing experiments cont.
NB46-043:     January 25 1966: 'M' [Marian Hines ?] request to transfer to programming, need for more assistants, ribbon tests
NB46-044:     New project room
NB46-045:     January 28 1966, print ribbons, successful print tests on glossy paper
NB46-046:     January 31 1966: poor batch of Boyden punch tape from Shell, sound measurements at [Charles] house
NB46-047:     February 1 1966, 'TRT' leaving, booklet printing delays
NB46-048:     White noise measurements
NB46-049:     January 5 1966 (probable error for February 5 1966): copying test tapes, Shell query about Boyden tape
NB46-050:     Noise measurements, Noakes, results from Charles House(GPO) recordings, playing short sections of recordings
NB46-051:     Paper/card weight standards, noise
NB46-052:     February 9 1966, dispute with Noakes
NB46-053:     A room work - ventilation, insulation, drying
NB46-054:     [?] visit to States, IBM, Honeywell, ICT
NB46-055:     Discussion with JFW on conditions for lending out equipment
NB46-056:     Methods for examining surface of magnetic tape or paper
NB46-057:     Discussion with MMP on charged tape
NB46-058:     February 14 1966: car problems, binoculars
NB46-059:     Stationary [standards] booklet ready, glass prism for surface measurements
NB46-060:     February 16 1966,ribbon abrasion, discussions with Cavendish Lab. Cambridge about roles in industry for PhDs
NB46-061:     Cavendish work on wear and abrasion, proposal to send someone there to learn scanning electron microscopy
NB46-062:     Reflection on the pros and cons of his current work
NB46-063:     Provenance of technique for displaying pattern of magnetisation: Bitter 1931
NB46-064:     Cheaper carbon paper, continuous printer
NB46-065:     IBM 954 transfer copying machine, heat version , solvent version.  Abrasion tests on ribbons
NB46-066:     Wafers for wear tests, acceptance of static paper
NB46-067:     February 18 1966 and February 19 1966: more car troubles and expense
NB46-068:     February 22 1966 refuses Marian Hinds two days paid leave to attend vocational guidance event, HMSO tanks for [stationary standards] booklet
NB46-069:     Appointments, equipment
NB46-070:     February 22 1966, Marketing asks about stationary, stationary booklet in demand
NB46-071:     February 22 1966, homemade equipment case, Southampton noise project
NB46-072:     Method to investigate noise on different sites
NB46-073:     February 24th 1966, visit from ICT, visit to Charles House - noise notes
NB46-074:     Paper measurements
NB46-075:     List of projects, paper cutting and abrasiveness
NB46-076:     February 28 1966, Jacqui West now Jacqui Tarrant, projects for workshop
NB46-077:     February 28 1966, paper cutting equipment diagram and description, silk screen printing
NB46-078:     Paper cutting cont. one upside-down page [expenses]
NB46-079:     One upside-down page [expenses mainly travel]
NB46-080:     Back cover

Date : 3rd November 1965 to 28th February 1966

Physical Description : 1 bound volume (80 pages), paper; manuscript

Provenance :
The notebooks are being digitised while on loan to The Centre for Computing History from the LEO Computers Society, with the kind permission of the Lenaerts family.



Archive References : CMLEO/EL/NB/46 , CCH LI 57

This exhibit has a reference ID of CH76479. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History.
 
Article: Lenaerts Notebook 46 (3 Nov 1965 - 28 Feb 1966)

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