Giant brains; or, Machines that thinkBerkeley, Edmund Callis
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Giant brains; or, Machines that think
Berkeley, Edmund Callis
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HARTREE, D. R., and J. R. WOMERSLEY,
A Method for the Numerical or Mechanical Solution
of Certain Types of Partial Differential Equations,
_Proceedings of the Royal Society of London_,
series A, vol. 161, 1937, pp. 353-366.
MAGINNISS, F. J., Differential Analyzer
Applications, _General Electric Review_,
vol. 48, no. 5, May 1945, pp. 54-59.
SHANNON, CLAUDE E., Mathematical Theory of the
Differential Analyzer, _Journal of Mathematics
and Physics_, Cambridge, Mass.: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, vol. 20, no. 4, 1941,
pp. 337-354.
HARMONIC ANALYZERS AND SYNTHESIZERS
Another branch of the analogue calculating machine is the harmonic
analyzer and synthesizer. These are machines that study wave motions
and related physical and mathematical functions. A brief list of
articles on this type of machine follows:
ARCHER, R. M., Projecting Apparatus for
Compounding Harmonic Vibrations, _Journal of
Scientific Instruments_, vol. 14, 1937,
pp. 408-410.
BROWN, S. L., A Mechanical Harmonic
Synthesizer-Analyzer, _Journal of the Franklin
Institute_, vol. 228, 1939, pp. 675-694.
BROWN, S. L., and L. L. WHEELER,
A Mechanical Method for Graphical Solution
of Polynomials, _Journal of the Franklin
Institute_, vol. 231, 1941, pp. 223-243.
BROWN, S. L., and L. L. WHEELER, Use
of the Mechanical Multiharmonograph for Graphing
Types of Functions and for Solution of Pairs of
Non-Linear Simultaneous Equations, _Review of
Scientific Instruments_, vol. 13, Nov. 1942,
pp. 493-495.
BROWN, S. L., and L. L. WHEELER,
The Use of a Mechanical Synthesizer to Solve
Trigonometric and Certain Types of Transcendental
Equations, and for the Double Summations Involved
in Patterson Contours, _Journal of Applied
Physics_, vol. 14, Jan. 1943, pp. 30-36.
FÜRTH, R., and R. W. PRINGLE, A
New Photo-Electric Method for Fourier Synthesis
and Analysis, _London, Edinburgh and Dublin
Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science_,
vol. 35, series 7, 1944, pp. 643-656.
INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC BUREAU, _Tide
Predicting Machines_, International Hydrographic
Bureau, Special Publication 13, July 1926.
KRANZ, FREDERICK W., A Mechanical Synthesizer
and Analyzer, _Journal of the Franklin
Institute_, vol. 204, 1927, pp. 245-262.
MARBLE, F. G., An Automatic Vibration
Analyzer, _Bell Laboratories Record_, vol. 22,
Apr. 1944, pp. 376-380.
MAXWELL, L. R., An Electrical Method for
Compounding Sine Functions, _Review of Scientific
Instruments_, vol. 11, Feb. 1940, pp. 47-54.
MILLER, DAYTON C., A 32-Element Harmonic
Synthesizer, _Journal of the Franklin
Institute_, vol. 181, 1916, pp. 51-81.
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