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Actual article title is: > The 'Librascope' Mechanical Weight and Balance Computer The modified title uses the term "whippletrees" that is not used or describ
by pimlottc 4y ago
Actual article title is:
> The 'Librascope' Mechanical Weight and Balance Computer
The modified title uses the term "whippletrees" that is not used or described in the article, which I had to look up:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whippletree_(mechanism) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whippletree_(mechanism)
- hydrogen7800 4y agoThanks. I was going to edit my post to include that article. I also found this 1983 video from the librascope company, which mentions the weight and balance computer in the first minute: https://youtu.be/nYeERxT1g38 https://youtu.be/nYeERxT1g38
- djmips 4y agoYou might enjoy these. IBM Selectric Typewriter & its digital to analogue converter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRCNenhcvpw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRCNenhcvpw The Whiffletree: A mechanical digital-to-analog converter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_SC7oWL78A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_SC7oWL78A