11 Nov
2007
11 Nov
'07
10:01 p.m.
On 11/11/07, Andrew Burton <aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
The awesome differential engine mechanical computer
looks as if it has been made out of (or atleast held together with) meccano. Am I right? I
played with my dads meccano set when I was a kid, but didn't really build much.
I had to look up "Meccano," but I think it is that or Erector
materials, which must have been quite similar. The oracle of Wiki
tells us that Meccano bought the Erector trademark around 1990, so I
guess they are the same thing now.
Ah, here's his page. Meccano it is:
http://meccano.us/differential_analyzers/robinson_da/index.html