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Notably this wasn't the first water computer. Compare 1) Water Integrator, Vladimir Lukyanov, Soviet Union 1936 2) The MONIAC (Monetary National Income Analog
by masswerk 11y ago
Notably this wasn't the first water computer. Compare
1) Water Integrator, Vladimir Lukyanov, Soviet Union 1936
2) The MONIAC (Monetary National Income Analogue Computer) or Phillips Hydraulic Computer (also known as the Phillips Machine), William Phillips, GB 1949
[1] http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=es&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nkj.ru%2Farchive%2Farticles%2F7033%2F http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=...
[2] http://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/may/08/bankofenglandgovernor.economics http://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/may/08/bankofenglan...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_-uGHWz_k0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_-uGHWz_k0 (Video, 2009)
- agumonkey 11y agoMONIAC, according to Wikipedia, comes from Money and ENIAC. But I can't stop smiling seeing Urine and *moniac in the same thread. Destiny.