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Gizmo Quiz
It's here!
5:00 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
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5:10 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
Is it used to measure humidity?
5:10 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
5:12 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
I cannot imagine a circumstance where it would be involved with humidity
5:12 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
5:13 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
Earthquakes? Not a typical use of this device
5:14 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
5:15 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
Does it measure something?
5:15 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
Not a device for tensioning, as a matter of fact, one of its weak points is slippage, otherwise it might be more broadly used.
5:16 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
Measure? YES! WooHoo - you are on to something there!
5:17 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
Some sort of depth measurment system?
5:19 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
depth? While it is capable of measuring a broad range of things, depth is not a typical employment of it.
5:23 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
8 minutes to poker tournament Is it precision? Does it measure things that other equipment can't or measure improperly?
5:24 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
Other than issues of slippage that I mentioned earlier, it is intended to be highly precise...
5:26 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
Do you have any other pictures?
Does that "metal rod" run through the enclosure(top to bottom), and is that another metal rod running from left to right?
5:27 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
It was involved in a type of measure that was problematic for other measuring techniques of the day.
5:30 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
Does it "record" something on to those white disks?
5:31 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
I have other pics, but they really do not offer anything new.
I do not believe the metal rods penetrate the enclosure.
I believe the enclosure is merely used for storage of this precision instrument.
5:31 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
NOt a recorder of any kind.
But an excellent question.
5:33 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
Big hint: is an analog computing device that pre-dates ENIAC -- it's your job to figure out specifically what kind of computing device.
5:37 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
Circa 1917, cataloged in a computer history exhibit
5:44 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
5:45 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
Another hint: Hannibal Ford greatly improved this device in the 1940s
5:50 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
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5:53 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
Was used in WWI and WWII weapons firing calculations. What is it called?
5:54 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
Given the hints, it is either a naval gun sight or, and perhaps more likely, a torpedo sight. Still looking though
WBF
5:54 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
Wheel and disc integrator? (buggered if i know :)
5:55 pm on Jul 24, 2004 (gmt 0)
catalogued in a computer history exhibit, 1917
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