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| − | The '''Argo Clock''' was a mechanical calculator designed by the British businessman and inventor [[Arthur Joseph Hungerford Pollen|Arthur Hungerford Pollen]]. | + | [[File:ArgoClockMarkIVOverallRender.jpg|thumb|640px|'''Argo Clock Mark IV'''<br>Model by Rob Brassington. ]] |
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| + | The '''Argo Clock''' was a mechanical calculator designed by the British businessman and inventor [[Arthur Joseph Hungerford Pollen|Arthur Hungerford Pollen]]. It developed through several Marks and saw limited adoption in the Royal Navy as a component within the [[Mark II Dreyer Table]], but large orders within a uniform system of [[Fire Control]] as its inventor envisioned never came to pass. | ||
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| + | ==See Also== | ||
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| + | *[[Dreyer Fire Control Table]] | ||
| + | *[[Argo Plotter]] | ||
| + | *[[Argo Rangefinder]] | ||
| + | *[[Ford Rangekeeper]] | ||
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==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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| − | + | *{{SumidaIDNS}} | |
| − | + | *{{BrooksDGBJ}} | |
| + | *{{THArgoAndDreyer}} | ||
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[[Category:Fire Control]] | [[Category:Fire Control]] | ||
[[Category:Shipboard Equipment]] | [[Category:Shipboard Equipment]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:03, 23 April 2016
The Argo Clock was a mechanical calculator designed by the British businessman and inventor Arthur Hungerford Pollen. It developed through several Marks and saw limited adoption in the Royal Navy as a component within the Mark II Dreyer Table, but large orders within a uniform system of Fire Control as its inventor envisioned never came to pass.
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Sumida, Jon Tetsuro (1989). In Defence of Naval Supremacy: Finance, Technology and British Naval Policy, 1889-1914. Winchester, Mass.: Unwin Hyman, Inc.. ISBN 0044451040. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Brooks, John (2005). Dreadnought Gunnery and the Battle of Jutland: The Question of Fire Control. Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 0714657026. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Dreyer, Frederic; Usborne, Cecil through Gunnery Branch, Admiralty. (1913). Pollen Aim Corrector System, Part I. Technical History and Technical Comparison with Commander F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control System. P. 1024. in Admiralty Library, Portsmouth.
