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pelisse (iou) and Aiken, Howard H(athaway) (sh)


pelisse (iou)



pelisse noun. E18.
[Old & mod. French from medieval Latin pellicia: see PILCH noun.]
Hist.
A long fur-lined mantle or cloak, esp. as part of a hussar's uniform. Formerly also gen., a fur garment. E18.
a. A woman's long fitted coat, or long cloak with armholes or sleeves, usu. of a rich fabric. M18.
b. A child's outer garment. E19.

Aiken, Howard H(athaway) (sh)




born March 9, 1900, Hoboken, N.J., U.S.
died March 14, 1973, St. Louis, Mo.

U.S. mathematician and inventor.

He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. With three Other engineers, he began work in 1939 on an automatic calculating machine that could perform any selected sequence of five arithmetical operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and Reference to previous results) without human intervention. The first such machine, the Harvard Mark I (1944), was 51 ft (15 m) long and 8 ft (2.4 m) high, and weighed 35 tons (31,500 kg).