Yep, that's the part of Babbages Difference Engine that was built a while back, using period machine shop capabilities to prove it was possible.
-Adam Who didn't need to google it. On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Francis wrote: > > So: who can tell me what this is? > > > > http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0816 > > Part of a difference engine? From that angle, it looks like a monstrous > ganged variable capacitor like used to be used in radio tuners. With > that many gangs, I'd think it'd be a pretty long wavelength, though. > > -- > Thanks, > DougF (KG4LMZ) > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
