MACHINE SOLVES HARD PROBLEMS (Dec, 1930)
MACHINE SOLVES HARD PROBLEMS
A “mechanical Einstein,” the brains of which are a set of electric relays, helps engineers of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company solve problems that would require days or weeks of figuring with pencil and paper.
The device resembles a giant telephone switchboard. When an engineer desires the solution of a complicated equation, he simply plugs in certain wires and turns proper knobs. It will reveal all the “unknown quantities” of power transmission systems.