M-D and GR / M&D

Mark Kohut mark.kohut at gmail.com
Mon Mar 2 17:15:18 CST 2015


One could say, and must make it carry some special meaning, that
only with intricate devices and techniks are there problems, or
certain kinds of problems at least.

The possibilities of mechanical error increase as techniks does.
It is all a Step-Function.

On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 12:01 PM, alice malice <alicewmalice at gmail.com> wrote:
> There are three, at least, chapters in M-D that feature problems Ahab
> has with his measuring devices and techniques.
>
> CHAPTER 118. The Quadrant.
>
> CHAPTER 124. The Needle.
>
> CHAPTER 125. The Log and Line.
>
>
>
> http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2701/2701-h/2701-h.htm#link2HCH0118
>
> also, this may interest some here:
>
> Memory Machines: Exploring Moby-Dick and Gravity's Rainbow Through the
> History of Film Benjamin Paul Spencer
>
>
> http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03182011-210113/unrestricted/Spencer_BP_T_2011.pdf
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