U.S. NAVY BASIC MECHANISMS OF FIRE CONTROL COMPUTERS MECHANICAL COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONAL FILM 27794
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A 1953 US Navy training film on the basic mechanisms in fire control computers: shafts, gears, cams and differentials. It shows how these mechanical parts compute ship and target firing solutions.
Why HN recommends it: HN treats it as the classic demonstration of how analog mechanical computation works, especially the differential gear section.
“I especially like the section on differential gears, demonstrating their use as computing units” Read on HN ↗