85 Years Ago: Machine Design’s First Year (.PDF Download)

Oct. 10, 2014

A September 1929 article titled “Photo Cell in Sorting Machine Excels Human Eye” by Lester Ferenci describes how a cigar-sorting apparatus benefits from using a photo cell to sort stogies by color. The article starts with a prophetic statement: “More and more is... 

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