D. Gibb, from the Mathematical Laboratory, University of Edinburgh,
describes a **Computer Desk** in his book **A course in interpolation and numerical integration for the
mathematical laboratory**, G. Bell & Sons, Ltd., **1915**, available [here](http://archive.org/stream/courseininterpol00gibbuoft#page/n13/mode/2up):


*Where computation is performed to any considerable extent, computer's desk will be found useful. Those used in the mathematical laboratory of the University of Edinburgh are 3' 0" wide, 1'9" from front to back, and 2'6 1/2" high. They contain a locker, in wich computing paper can be kept without being folded, and a cupboard for books, papers, drawing-board, arithmometer, or instruments. Each desk is supplied with a copy of Barlow's tables (which gives the square, square root, cube, cube root and the reciprocal of all numbers up to 10,000), a copy of Creller's multiplication table (which gives at sight the product of any two numbers each less than 1000), and
tables giving the values of the trigonometric functions and logarithms*


Question: Are there any available picture of this "computer desk" ?



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Mathematical computer desk
I will interpret this question a bit freely: 


There is a long history of humans performing computational tasks (not mathematics) as a profession, and the technical tools and tables they had. 


The [Computer History Museum](http://www.computerhistory.org/) has among many other things some nice pictures of mechannical devices used to that end online, see in particular <http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/calculators/1>


The Barlow's tables mentioned in the text can be found in digital form here <http://archive.org/details/barlowstablesofs00barlrich> And, the LOCOMAT project collects together numerous digitized version of historical math tables and related info, see in particular <http://locomat.loria.fr/locomat/digital-tables.html> where also a link Crelle's tables (also mentioned) is to be found (year is 1820, to make it easier to find).


There is also a recent book [When Computers Were Human](http://press.princeton.edu/titles/7999.html) by D.A. Grier on the people doing this and with the same title one can find a video taped talk online (on youtube for instance). 
[Disclaimer: I did not watch the video and have no detailed knwoledge on the content of the book, but it clearly seems relevant.] 


ps: the justification for interpreting this so freely is that I think the question for some desks at the Univerity of Edinburgh is 'too localized' as long as there is no clear evidence they are in any sense special or of historical significance. 


