--- created_at: '2014-06-02T04:42:43.000Z' title: Basic Mechanisms In Fire Control Computers (1953) [video] url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1i-dnAH9Y4 author: ibarrajo points: 45 story_text: '' comment_text: num_comments: 6 story_id: story_title: story_url: parent_id: created_at_i: 1401684163 _tags: - story - author_ibarrajo - story_7831923 objectID: '7831923' year: 1953 --- [Source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1i-dnAH9Y4 "Permalink to Mechanical Computer (All Parts) - Basic Mechanisms In Fire Control Computers - YouTube") # Mechanical Computer (All Parts) - Basic Mechanisms In Fire Control Computers - YouTube Skip navigation [ ][1] Sign in Search Loading... Close Yeah, keep it Undo Close ![][2] # This video is unavailable. ### Watch Queue ### Queue Watch QueueQueue * Remove all * Disconnect The next video is startingstop Loading... 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Please try again later. **Published on Jul 13, 2011** A 1953 training film for a mechanical fire control computer aboard Navy Ships. Amazing how problems of mathematical computation were solved so elegantly in "permanent" mechanical form, before microprocessors became inexpensive and commonplace. * #### Category * [Education][8] * #### License * Standard YouTube License Show more Show less Loading... Advertisement Autoplay When autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. #### Up next * [ u.s navy vintage fire control computers (part 2) \- Duration: 6:15. gwz40 28,366 views ][9] ![][2][6:15][10] * * * * [ An Old Mechanical Computer: The Harmonic Analyzer \- Duration: 42:09. Lernvideos und Vorträge 32,358 views ][11] ![][2][42:09][12] * [ Around The Corner (1937) How Differential Steering Works \- Duration: 9:31. US Auto Industry 5,815,472 views ][13] ![][2][9:31][14] * [ The K'nuter - K'NEX Computer \- Duration: 10:00. 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