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To: Kid Shelleen
Pascal's Difference Engine for me. Had to keep spare bearings and register rods handy...as well as the oil can. But nothing ever beat the whir...hmmm...ka-chunk of those registers dropping into place after a 72 hour run to solve one ballistic trajectory.


70 posted on 05/23/2017 3:28:54 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Oh, I see, you had the fancy modern metal one. Mine was stone and wood.


132 posted on 05/23/2017 7:16:45 PM PDT by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable!)
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