Reading notes
Mechanical Computer (All Parts) - Basic Mechanisms In Fire Control Computers
A 1953 US Navy training film explaining the basic mechanisms in mechanical fire control computers aboard ships. It shows how gears, differentials and cams solved mathematical problems in permanent mechanical form.
Ideas to listen for
- 1fire control computers
- 2analog computing
- 3us navy
Discussion context
Explains mechanisms of fire control computers; beautiful and elegant.
“It's beautiful in its elegance! I have watched it on multiple occasions just for the sheer beauty of the mechanisms involved.”Open the source comment