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Even before electronics, computers crashed: The struggle to create a computer consumed Charles Babbage's life.(Features)(Books)
The Christian Science Monitor
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September 6, 2001
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Byline: James Norton
In the 19th century, computers walked the streets of England. Generations before the dawn of Windows, "computers" were people, employed to calculate and double-check endless tables of simple computations used by navigators, astronomers, and engineers.
The tedium of the work and the fallibility of the computers often resulted in tables teeming with errors. Errata sheets were issued for flawed tables, but they often contained errors of their own, necessitating the embarrassing step of issuing errata for errata.
In 1821, British ...
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Polyethylene 101.(The Last Word ...)
Magazine article from: Underground Construction
; ...simplified introduction to the material we know as polyethylene. It is my attempt to de-mystify what a growing...best place to start is with the basics. What is polyethylene? Polyethylene is a plastic. More specifically, polyethylene...
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Polyethylene makers upbeat despite recent price setback.(Plastics & Coatings)
Magazine article from: Chemical Market Reporter
; DESPITE THE FAILURE of the polyethylene industry's most recent price...are bullish on the future of polyethylene, here in North America and globally...Chemical Company's North American polyethylene commercial director. "In North...
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Polyethylene market poised for massive price increases.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Chemical Market Reporter
; THE POLYETHYLENE industry has reached the bottom of...2001. Although the North American polyethylene market contracted by roughly 5 percent...conditions are very difficult." "Polyethylene is oversupplied," an analyst adds...
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Polyethylene: new directions for a commodity thermoplastic.
Magazine article from: Chemistry and Industry
; ...over 60 years now, but the market for polyethylene is still expanding as it moves from...international product The story of polyethylene began in 1933 when British scientists...synthesis of a tough thermoplastic resin: polyethylene (PE). The material lent itself to...
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Polyethylene Low Density World Market Outlook 2009 - The Most Comprehensive Coverage Available on this Market.
M2 Presswire
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Polyethylene Low Density World Market Outlook 2009 - the Most Comprehensive Coverage Available on This Market.(Industry overview)
Newspaper article from: Economics Week
; ...researchandmarkets.com/research/0f242f/polyethylene_low_d) has announced the addition of the "Polyethylene low density World Market Outlook 2009...report analyzes worldwide markets for Polyethylene low density, including Europe, Asia...
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Global Polyethylene Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2020.
Business Wire
; ...available in its catalogue. Global Polyethylene Market Analysis and Forecasts to...reportlinker.com/p0109769/Global-Polyethylene-Market-Analysis-and-Forecasts-to-2020.html Global Polyethylene Market Analysis and Forecasts to...
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Polyethylene Low Density: 2009 World Market Outlook And Future Forecasts Through to 2015.
M2 Presswire
; ...August 2009-Research and Markets: Polyethylene Low Density: 2009 World Market Outlook...researchandmarkets.com/research/ed3d2b/polyethylene_low_d) has announced the addition of the "Polyethylene Low Density: 2009 World Market Outlook...
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Polyethylene: A last chance?(Bogner Business Consultants Analyst Len Bogner's study on the polyethylene industry)(Column)
Magazine article from: Chemical Week
; Polyethylene producers--or at least some of them--are...York), in a provocative new study on the U.S. polyethylene industry--A Perspective on the Future. The polyethylene business isn't cyclical, Bogner argues, it...
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Reportlinker Adds Polyethylene Terephthalate: 2009 World Market Outlook And Forecast.
PR Newswire
; ...report is available in its catalogue. Polyethylene Terephthalate: 2009 World Market Outlook...www.reportlinker.com/p0152019/Polyethylene-Terephthalate-2009-World -Market...report analyzes worldwide markets for Polyethylene terephthalate, including Europe...
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