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Mechanical Computer (All Parts) - Basic Mechanisms In Fire Control Computers

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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.

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