Here's the pocket watch movement mentioned on a previous post functioning. The amplitude of the balance wheel is fairly low but not bad for the quality of the movement.
It might be old hat for you but if not I think you'll enjoy this, "Basic Mechanisms In Fire Control Computers". It's a series of 1950s Navy videos explaining how mechanical computation is done.
It might be old hat for you but if not I think you'll enjoy this, "Basic Mechanisms In Fire Control Computers". It's a series of 1950s Navy videos explaining how mechanical computation is done.
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Thank you, this should prove informative. After all a mechanical watch is nothing more than a simple mechanical computer.
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