A new link that I placed in my little museum
has been generating quite a few enjoyable comments.
Financephalograph
Bill Phillips is most known for his "Phillips Curve" in Economics.
But before the Phillips Curve was invented and while attending London
School of Economic, Phillips was having problems understanding the
economics lectures. So he sketched out a hydraulic model of the economy,
then built the computer that uses water to represent money as it flows
through the economy and a pen plotter to display the results.
http://www.nzpca.org.nz/megabyte/2001/02/art02.htm
One of the (maybe the only) remaining copy of this computer
is in the Science Museum in London. If someone gets a chance
to stop by and see this computer, I would appreciate a first
hand report and maybe,maybe,maybe a picture.
Regards,
--Doug
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Doug Coward
_at_ home in Poulsbo, WA
Analog Computer Online Museum and History Center
http://dcoward.best.vwh.net/analog
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Received on Mon Sep 09 2002 - 12:05:01 BST