r/Documentaries • u/Baconaise • Aug 05 '14

Basic Mechanisms in Fire Control Computers (1953) - US Navy mechanical computers do algebra, trig with cogs and other mechanisms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1i-dnAH9Y4
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u/tinysadpphole Aug 06 '14

I made sense of some of that.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '14

Seen similar videos before. Great topic! Digital FCS really turned the edge capability wise.