Bedstead

"Heath Robinson consisted of three parts, the frame on which the teleprinter paper tapes were mounted and read optically, known as the Bedstead, a wide short rack containing the counters, a lamp output panel and later the Gifford printer on a front table, and a tall 19 inch rack known as the valve rack which contained the logic circuits and a jack field panel for plugging up the algorithms.

The Tao of Mac 2009

A couple of Rembrandt etchings — of a monk in a cornfield busy with a willing wench, and the tender galloping of ‘The Bedstead’ — are a welcome break from the cynicism of paid display.

It is interesting that Sir George Young took the opportunity... 2007

The bizarre contraption earned the nickname the “Flying Bedstead.”

First Man James R. Hansen 2005

Unlike the Flying Bedstead, the Iron Cross did not actually fly, but it did employ nitrogen gas jets, which provided control moments for testing in simulated near-vacuum maneuvers.

First Man James R. Hansen 2005

Unlike the Flying Bedstead, the Iron Cross did not actually fly, but it did employ nitrogen gas jets, which provided control moments for testing in simulated near-vacuum maneuvers.

First Man James R. Hansen 2005

Unlike the Flying Bedstead, the Iron Cross did not actually fly, but it did employ nitrogen gas jets, which provided control moments for testing in simulated near-vacuum maneuvers.

First Man James R. Hansen 2005

However, since lunar gravity simulation was the foundation of our concept, and the British Flying Bedstead had no such system, the most value to us of such a craft was its reaction control system.

First Man James R. Hansen 2005

The bizarre contraption earned the nickname the “Flying Bedstead.”

First Man James R. Hansen 2005

The bizarre contraption earned the nickname the “Flying Bedstead.”

First Man James R. Hansen 2005

However, since lunar gravity simulation was the foundation of our concept, and the British Flying Bedstead had no such system, the most value to us of such a craft was its reaction control system.

First Man James R. Hansen 2005