March 1940
Enigma Machine
Leads British Tabulating Machine engineering work that turns Turing's Bombe design into operational hardware.
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Leads British Tabulating Machine engineering work that turns Turing's Bombe design into operational hardware.
Oversees engineering of the improved Bombe known as Agnus Dei, incorporating Welchman's diagonal board.
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