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  2. Mark I Fire Control Computer - Wikipedia

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    The Mark 1, and later the Mark 1A, Fire Control Computer was a component of the Mark 37 Gun Fire Control System deployed by the United States Navy during World War II and up to 1991 and possibly later. It was originally developed by Hannibal C. Ford of the Ford Instrument Company [1] and William Newell. It was used on a variety of ships ...

  3. Modular arithmetic - Wikipedia

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    Adding 4 hours to 9 o'clock gives 1 o'clock, since 13 is congruent to 1 modulo 12. In mathematics, modular arithmetic is a system of arithmetic for integers, where numbers "wrap around" when reaching a certain value, called the modulus. The modern approach to modular arithmetic was developed by Carl Friedrich Gauss in his book Disquisitiones ...

  4. Torpedo Data Computer - Wikipedia

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    Torpedo Data Computer. U.S. Navy Mk III Torpedo Data Computer, the standard US Navy torpedo fire control computer during World War II. Later in World War II (1943), it was replaced by the TDC Mk IV, which was an improved and larger version. The Torpedo Data Computer (TDC) was an early electromechanical analog computer used for torpedo fire ...

  5. Arresting gear - Wikipedia

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    Modern U.S. Navy aircraft carriers have the Mark 7 Mod 3 arresting gear installed, which have the capability of recovering a 50,000-pound (23 t) aircraft at an engaging speed of 130 knots (240 km/h; 150 mph) in a distance of 344 feet (105 m) in two seconds.

  6. CBU-100 Cluster Bomb - Wikipedia

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    The Mk 7 Mod 4 bomb dispenser differs from the Mk 7 Mod 3 by modifying the dispenser and giving interface capabilities with a wider range of military aircraft. The Mk 7 Mod 6 bomb dispenser is the same as the Mk 7 Mod 3 except that the outside of the Mod 6 cargo section is coated with a thermal protective coating and has an additional yellow ...

  7. Mark 48 torpedo - Wikipedia

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    The Mk48 Mod 7 Common Broadband Advanced Sonar System (CBASS) torpedo is optimized for both the deep and littoral waters and has advanced counter-countermeasure capabilities. The MK48 ADCAP Mod 7 (CBASS) torpedo is the result of a Joint Development Program with the Royal Australian Navy and reached Initial Operational Capability in 2006. [ 8 ]

  8. 12-inch/50-caliber Mark 7 gun - Wikipedia

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    Mod 11 was a Mod 7 that had the chamber lengthened, adding 235 cu in (3,851 cm 3), and a 3½° breech band seating slope and used Breech Mechanism Mark 12. Mod 12 used a Mod 10 and lengthened the chamber and added a 3½° breech band seating slope with Mod 13 being similar but of a Mod 8, Mod 14 used a Mod 9, Mod 15 used a Mod 7, Mod 16 used a ...

  9. Calculator added up to fun for a math phobic kid in the 1970s ...

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    Mark J. Price, Akron Beacon Journal March 23, 2024 at 3:09 AM The Texas Instruments TI-30 calculator retailed for $24.95 in 1976 at O’Neil's department store in Akron.