--- ajp166 <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net> wrote:
> An older elector mechanical device did this for a different problem.
>
> Given variables: speed over surface,
> altitude,
> gravity,
> an objects drag
>
> Problem: At what time do you release an object to hit a
> predetermined spot.
>
> Hint: it was top secret in the early 1940s.
I would expect this is the Norden Bomb Sight (as made famous to my generation
on "Hogan's Heroes" :-)
-ethan
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