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Not directly related, but brings to mind the training video for the fire control mechanical computers on US Navy ships: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1i-dnAH
by brenainn 3y ago
Not directly related, but brings to mind the training video for the fire control mechanical computers on US Navy ships: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1i-dnAH9Y4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1i-dnAH9Y4
- RossBencina 3y agoAlso not directly related: David A. Mindell, "Between Human and Machine: Feedback, Control, and Computing before Cybernetics" https://press.jhu.edu/books/title/1207/between-human-and-machine https://press.jhu.edu/books/title/1207/between-human-and-mac... Absolutely epic book.
- hermitcrab 3y agoIt feels a bit strange when you hear naval people from the 40s talking about 'computing a firing solution'. But these systems must have been reasonably sophisticated for 2 moving warships 10+ miles apart to stand any chance of hitting each other, allowing for wind, changes in atmospheric pressure, the earth's curvature, pitching and yawing and coriolis force.
- dboreham 3y agoAlso these things existed prior to WWI so by 1940 they were several iterations in.