Re: How Were Those Tables Computed?

In article <43138458.2A4F32E4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Jim Spriggs <jim.sprigs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>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."

mid 17th? It was still true in the early 20th. In fact, the early
contraptions we now called "computers" were "electric computers" or
"electronic computers."



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