The Second World War: the emergence of government computing centres
Mary Croarken · 1990
Abstract The work of Comrie, Hartree, and Lennard-Jones during the 1930s had done much to develop both calculating machines and computing techniques. Hartree and Lennard-Jones had also been instrumental in providing computing resources for particular groups of scientists. However, by 1939 the only organization to which scientific workers in government research establishments could apply for computational advice or practical assistance was Comrie’s Scientific Computing Service (the SCS).