The Vickers Range Clock was a clockwork device used by the Royal Navy for continuously calculating the range to an enemy ship. In 1903, Percy Scott described...

target ship. It was often used with other devices, such as a Vickers range clock, to generate range and deflection data so the gun sights of the ship could...

During the 1920s, Vickers developed the Vickers range clock (Predictor No 1), an electro-mechanical computer that took height and range data from an optical...

4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun Admiralty Fire Control Table - retired Vickers range clock - retired British 18 inch torpedo British 21 inch torpedo British...

target ship. It was often used with other devices, such as a Vickers range clock to generate range and deflection data so the gun sights of the ship could...

transmitted to Vickers range clocks located in the Transmitting Station located beneath each position on the main deck, where it was converted into range and deflection...

control included a training-only director, single Dumaresq and a Vickers range clock. The ship had a complement of 90 officers and ratings. Laid down...

into a Dumaresq mechanical computer and electrically transmitted to Vickers range clocks located in the transmitting station located beneath each position...

control included a training-only director, single Dumaresq and a Vickers range clock. The ship had a complement of 90 officers and ratings. Laid down...

transmitted to Vickers range clocks located in the transmitting station located beneath each position on the main deck, where it was converted into range and deflection...