The mechanical analog computers of Hannibal Ford and William Newell
@article{Clymer1993TheMA, title={The mechanical analog computers of Hannibal Ford and William Newell}, author={A. Clymer}, journal={IEEE Annals of the History of Computing}, year={1993}, volume={15}, pages={19-34} }
The history of mechanical analog computers is described from early developments to their peak in World War II and to their obsolescence in the 1950s. The chief importance of most of these computers was their contribution to the superb gunnery of the US Navy. The work of Hannibal Ford, William Newell, and the Ford Instrument Co. is the framework around which this account is based.<<ETX>>
Figures, Tables, and Topics from this paper
41 Citations
The Manchester Computer: A Revised History Part 2: The Baby Computer
- History, Computer Science
- IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
- 2011
- 7
U.S. Technological Enthusiasm and British Technological Skepticism in the Age of the Analog Brain
- History, Computer Science
- IEEE Ann. Hist. Comput.
- 1996
- 35
Varieties of Analog and Digital Representation
- Computer Science
- Minds and Machines
- 2014
- 6
- Highly Influenced
- PDF
References
SHOWING 1-10 OF 83 REFERENCES
Electrical Computers for Fire Control
- Engineering, Computer Science
- Annals of the History of Computing
- 1982
- 8
George A. Philbrick and Polyphemus: The First Electronic Training Simulator
- Computer Science
- Annals of the History of Computing
- 1982
- 15
Alwin Walther, IPM, and the Development of Calculator/Computer Technology in Germany, 1930-1945
- Engineering, Computer Science
- IEEE Ann. Hist. Comput.
- 1986
- 9
Developments at MIT. (Book Reviews: A Century of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, 1882-1982)
- Engineering, Computer Science
- 1985
- 68
The differential analyzer. A new machine for solving differential equations
- Computer Science
- 1931
- 198
- PDF
Clifford Edward Berry, 1918-1963: His Role in Early Computers
- Engineering, Computer Science
- Annals of the History of Computing
- 1986
- 3
III. On an integrating machine having a new kinematic principle
- Computer Science
- Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
- 1876
- 23
- PDF
V. Mechanical integration of the linear differential equations of the second order with variable coefficients
- Computer Science
- Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
- 1876
- 32
II. On a machine for the solution of simultaneous linear equations
- Computer Science
- Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
- 1879
- 9
- PDF