Re: How Were Those Tables Computed?
- From: Jim Spriggs <jim.sprigs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:54:16 +0000 (UTC)
qquito wrote:
>
> ...(2) Were the computation done manually by
> some hard-working mathematicians?
A quick look in the dictionary reveals that, in the mid 17 century,
"computer" meant "A person who makes calculations; spec. a person
employed for this in an observatory etc."
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I don't know who you are Sir, or where you come from,
but you've done me a power of good.
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