predicting machine

The Liverpool tide-predicting machine made use of a system of strings and pulleys to create an analogue of the mathematical problem of adding a series of waves.

利物浦的潮汐预测机，是用皮带和滑轮构造的一个系统，来模拟一系列波动的叠加。

It provides a simple test method for predicting the force of the cutter working and selecting the type of the cutter, and reference for designing the shield machine cutter.

为预测切刀切削岩土工作过程中的受力提供了一种简便的试验方法，为切刀刀型的选择和切刀的设计提供了参考数据。

The TIDE-PREDICTING machine in history

历史上的潮汐推算机

This tide predicting machine, like a slide rule, depended not on symbols, but on the measurement of lengths.

而这个潮汐预测机则像是一把计算尺，它与符号无关，只依赖于长度的测量。