analogue computer

Centuries earlier, long before the Transenlightenment, someone had made an analogue computer which was designed to model the flow of money within an economy.

By the 1970s, Whitney had abandoned his analogue computer in favour of faster, digital processes.

The telescope was first controlled from the control room on 9 October 1957, by a purpose-built analogue computer.

Mechanical computers retain some interest today both in research and as analogue computers.

Analogue computers are nice of theory and they actually predate digital computers.

The machine is used as an analogue computer for representing and testing the theoretical models of areas of the brain.

He then placed cursors over his marks and input the plot to the radar's analogue computer.

They were equipped with an analogue computer which controlled speed, altitude, heading, engine settings, sensors and recovery systems.

Once upon a time there were three computers - an analogue computer, a digital computer and a sub-meson computer.

Margie is the last word, Storm-the best analogue computer it is possible to build with today's knowledge.'

It was a mechanical analogue computer Predictor AA No 1.

This room-filling analogue computer was applied by Kuhn's research group to calculate bond lengths in π-electron systems.

Naval and anti-aircraft artillery started using analogue computers before World War 2, these were connected to the guns to automatically aim them.

The differential analyser was eventually rendered obsolete by electronic analogue computers and, later, digital computers.

Analogue computer equipment developed by brother John, allowed James to complete Lapis (1966) in two years, when it might have taken seven years otherwise.

These mechanical analogue computers represented some of the most important technological advancements of World War Two.

The system took twelve years to develop but included the world's first electrically powered mechanical analogue computer (called at the time the Argo Clock).

Essentially, these were what we would now call analogue computers: Cauer was interested in using them to solve linear systems to aid in filter designs.

Differentiators are an important part of electronic analogue computers and analogue PID controllers.

In order to address this, the British introduced a complex mechanical analogue computer, the Kerrison Director, which drove the laying electrically.

An early form of analogue computer, the astrolabe was primarily designed to solve problems of spherical trigonometry to shorten astronomical calculations.

An introduction by Heims outlines Wiener's own experience as inventor of noise filters, an analogue computer and an electrical network concept.

As early as 1953, Shorts became involved with pioneering the development of electronic analogue computers, to assist with the design of increasingly complex aircraft.

Firstly, the bombsight analogue computer provided not only the inspiration but also the main tool for producing highly original visual effects (O'Hanrahan 2005).

A mortar bomb was plotted as it passed through each of the beam positions to provide the necessary two points that could be processed by an analogue computer.