Comment Re:Failed Order (Score 1) 258
You know...that is a funny post.
But I am curious. Has anyone uncovered evidence of more examples of these devices? Is there any clue as to who designed it?
Is it possible that this machine was a breakthrough, one-off prototype, and that its genius inventor went down with the ship? Was the loss of the device a significant blow to the progress of technology?
Or was this an interesting side road that just sort of petered out? I'd be interested to know. Was this a huge loss...or the classical equivalent of the eight-track tape of maritime navigational technology?