Re: Most complicated thingy
Palomar telescope mirror mechanical computers:
""Active" mirror control: To combat flexure, Bruce Rule devised 36 devices which are plugged into voids on back of mirror (can be seen through holes in mirror cell). Each of these mechanical computers has 600-1000 parts (number depends on whether or not you count all parts of a bearing race individually, etc.), and can apply up to 1200 pounds of force to mirror. No living person fully understands these devices."
This is Cal Tech we're talking about here. Nobody understands them? That's f-ing complex. No power source save channeling gravity runs them. This is WWII era engineering.
The Norden bomb sight was pretty damn complex but likely has some electrical gyros, I dunno for sure.
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