Turing’s Bombe
device · 1940 · Electric age
An electromechanical device for breaking Enigma.
Inventor: Alan Turing.
What it is made of
- Relay — has part. Electromechanics.
Principles and materials it uses
- Cryptography — uses. Cryptanalysis of Enigma.
- Steel — is made of. The drums are metal.
- Copper — is made of. The conductors are copper.
What it is a kind of
- Computing device — is a kind of. A computing device.