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ISBN
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1841151858
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EAN
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9781841151854
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Date of Publication
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2003-04-07
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Publication Name
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N/A
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Type
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Hardback
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Release Title
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A Computer Called LEO: Lyons Tea Shops and the world’s first o…
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Artist
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Ferry, Georgina
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N/A
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Format
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Hardcover
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Language
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English
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Book Title
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Computer Called Leo : Lyons Tea Shops and the World’s First Office Computer
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Illustrator
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Yes
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Publisher
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HarperCollins
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Genre
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Computers, Business & Economics
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Item Length
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7.9 in
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Topic
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Industries / Computers & Information Technology, History
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Item Weight
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12.7 Oz
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Item Width
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5.1 in
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Number of Pages
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208 Pages
A Computer Called LEO: Lyons Tea Shops and the wo… by Ferry, Georgina Hardback
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
1841151858
ISBN-13
9781841151854
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30482321
Product Key Features
Book Title
Computer Called Leo : Lyons Tea Shops and the World’s First Office Computer
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Industries / Computers & Information Technology, History
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Computers, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
12.7 Oz
Item Length
7.9 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2003-447775
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Decimal
004/.0941
Synopsis
This is the eccentric story of one of the most bizarre marriages in the history of British business: the invention of the world’s first office computer and the Lyons Teashop. The Lyons teashops were one of the great British institutions, providing a cup of tea and a penny bun through the depression, the war, austerity and on into the 1960s and 1970s. Yet Lyons also has a more surprising claim to history. In the 1930s John Simmons, a young graduate in charge of the clerks’ offices that totalled all the bills issued by the Nippies and kept track of the costs of all the tea, cakes and other goods distributed to the nation’s cafes and shops, became obsessed by the new ideas of scientific management. He had a dream: to build a machine that would automate the millions of tedious transactions and process them in as little time as possible.
LC Classification Number
TK7885
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