(In 1985 Daniel Hillis solved the engineering difficulties to build the first such computer, the 65,536-processor 65,536-processor Thinking Machines Corporation
The pamphlet included a description of the construction of the first tunnels, which could just as well apply today, to the forthcoming installation of up-to-date electronics: "The engineering difficulties were well-nigh appalling".
It is refreshing as well to see some attention devoted to the engineering difficulties in the extraction of oil and get some idea of the science, however awkwardly presented.
Difficulties of supply lie in the paucity of natural water reservoirs, the swift runoff of the rivers, and the engineering difficulties of constructing large-scale dams in the rugged mountains.
The engineering difficulties are far greater, the climate is a much more serious obstacle to labour, and especially to that of Europeans, and, finally, the possibility of a rival plan being carried out is much greater.
Besides the engineering difficulties -- the bottoms of the doors, for example, on L.I.R.R. trains are higher than those on the subway cars -- it remains far from clear whether the political will exists to cede precious subway-tunnel space to suburban commuters.
U.S. turbines at this point did not give great advantages in output or speed over triple-expansion systems, as the engineering difficulties faced by turbine manufacturers there were still extremely great, and were much less fuel-efficient, a significant concern for a Navy with Pacific responsibilities but lacking Britain's extensive network of coaling stations.
The major engineering difficulty relates to the development of inexpensive systems that allow for reduced capital investment in a context in which the power generation efficiency is relatively reduced.
One: no other book about the beginnings of the digital age brings to life anything like so vividly or appreciatively the immense engineering difficulty of creating electronic logic for the first time; of creating originally, and without a template, the pattern of organisation which has since become absolutely routine, and been etched on silicon at ever smaller micron-distances in chip foundries.
