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Weather: Bring on the Machines

Bring on the MachinesWeatherLet's See How It's DoneNow for the Real WorkGoing Into the Upper AirBring on the MachinesWhat About the Five-Day Forecast? Computers make forecasting easier, although not…

machine

(Encyclopedia) machine, arrangement of moving and stationary mechanical parts used to perform some useful work or to provide transportation. From a historical perspective, many of the first machines…

Turing machine

(Encyclopedia) Turing machine, a mathematical model of a device that computes via a series of discrete steps and is not limited in use by a fixed maximum amount of data storage. Introduced by the…

Savery, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Savery, Thomas, c.1650–1715, English engineer. He became a military engineer, rising to the rank of captain by 1702. He spent his free time performing experiments in mechanics,…

Weather: Putting the Machines to Work

Putting the Machines to WorkWeatherPrediction by NumbersRichardson's ExperimentPutting the Machines to Work One of the great contributions to the second Renaissance in meteorology was mathematician…

Lycurgus, founder of the Spartan constitution

(Encyclopedia) LycurgusLycurguslīkûrˈgəs [key], traditional name of the founder of the Spartan constitution. The earliest mention of him is in Herodotus. Nothing is known of his life—when he lived or…

The Devil's Dictionary: Machination

by Ambrose Bierce MACEMACROBIANMACHINATION -n. The method employed by one's opponents in baffling one's open and honorable efforts to do the right thing. So plain the advantages of…

Rage Against the Machine

The Battle of Los AngelesEpic This is hard rock the way it should be played at the end of the century. Full of spit and venom, the third album of fire-fueled aggression from Rage Against the…

sewing machine

(Encyclopedia) sewing machine, device that stitches cloth and other materials. An attempt at mechanical sewing was made in England (1790) with a machine having a forked, automatic needle that made a…

hydraulic machine

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Hydraulic pressure: In any hydraulic device the pressure exerted by one piston is transmitted throughout the fluid. Since pressure equals force divided by area, a small force (…