January 23, 2006 
Sixty years ago, a device was developed that greatly simplified the calculation of ballistics tables. The device itself was far from simple. It used 17468 vacuum tubes, over 1500 relays, and hundreds of thousands of resistors, capacitors, and inductors. It also consumed almost 200 kilow... continue reading...
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