OT: 1948 Newsreel of a Mechanical Differential Analyzer

[Bill Vlahos]

Wow. It would have been something to see this thing in action.

Bill Vlahos
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On Jul 26, 2013, at 2:08 PM, Peter Bogdanoff <bogdanoff at me.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/video-1948-mechanical-computer-247581.aspx
> 
> This 1948 short film by Popular Science magazine screened in movie theaters before Paramount Pictures features. It shows a mechanical differential analyzer in use by UCLA engineering students and researchers.
> 
> In the movie, I am, of course, the male student flanked by the two co-eds ;)
> 
> Not that I know what a differential is.
> 
> Peter Bogdanoff
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