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Word: beveled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...solved. Each dial sets two movable parts -an 8-in. stainless steel disk, mirror-smooth, and a smaller wheel with a knife edge in contact with the disk. Governed by precisely controlled friction, the speed of the small wheel is the crucial factor in solving any problem. A bevel gearing delivers that factor to the "answer table" where the factors from all the integrators are combined and the final solution appears with a maximum error...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Three-Ton Brain | 3/18/1935 | See Source »

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