My latest find

Wonder if this manual had anything to do with the design of the Titanic propellers? It's sure old enough to have been used in that time frame, or fairly close. -> -----Original Message----- -> From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org -> [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Doug Coward -> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 2:08 AM -> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org -> Subject: My latest find -> -> -> I've managed to push back the age of -> the oldest computer user manual in my -> collection by another 42 years. -> -> SCREW PROPELLER COMPUTER -> Geo. McDermott -> 52 pages, hardbound, first edition -> Taylor and Carpenter, 1902 -> -> This book describes a mechanical computer -> with two separate rotating discs to enter -> variables and used to calculate the dimensions -> and proportions of screw propellers -> The last chapter is entitled "Directions -> for operating the computer" with 7 example -> problems. -> Unfortunately there are no pictures of the -> computer in the book so I'll have to wait -> until the book attracts the computer. :) -> --Doug -> ========================================= -> Doug Coward -> @ home in Poulsbo, WA -> -> Analog Computer Online Museum and History Center -> http://www.best.com/~dcoward/analog -> ========================================= ->