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Like Soviet water computers?
by 29athrowaway 3y ago
Like Soviet water computers?
- Bjartr 3y agoLike naval mechanical targeting computers that use clever cam and gear arrangements. https://youtu.be/s1i-dnAH9Y4?si=oHHJGRqnFx-ydQu1 https://youtu.be/s1i-dnAH9Y4?si=oHHJGRqnFx-ydQu1
- calamari4065 3y agoHah, this is the exact video I was referring to in the sibling comment. This is what really captured my imagination with regard to mechanical computers
- calamari4065 3y agoLook around on YouTube. There's some fascinating videos from the 1950s on US Navy mechanical firing computers. These machines can calculate ballistic trajectories with incredible accuracy, accounting for the relative motion of the ships, wind speed, and even the curvature of the earth. Those calculations are not at all trivial!
- 29athrowaway 3y agoYes. They are like sliding rules on steroids.