The “Orograph” an Automatic Profile Recorder

Automatic fraction collectors and a conductivity recorder.

In recent years a variety of designs of automatic fraction collectors have appeared (Brimley & Snow, 1949; Cuckow, Harris & Speed, 1949; Edman, 1948; Phillips, 1949; Stein & Moore, 1948). The collectors described here possess the advantages that they are simple and cheap to construct and have given reliable service over long periods. The three machines all operate on the same principle, involvi...

A semi-automatic blood pressure recorder.

IN the recent past a number of blood pressure recorders for clinical use, and especially during anaesthesia, have been described (Molyneux and Pask, 1953; Simpson, 1956). It seemed, however, that these recorders had several disadvantages and that there was a place for an instrument that was cheap, simple and not a possible source of an explosion when used in the vicinity of explosive anaestheti...

The Remler M2000 semi-automatic blood pressure recorder.

Automatic Tailoring of an Actor Profile Ontology

Knowledge tailoring is a powerful tool to customize a system according to the particular view and interests of the user, in such a way that usability of the system becomes significantly improved. In this paper, the tailoring of an actor profile ontology is discussed in the context of a HomeCare integrated system that is being designed and implemented in the EU K4Care project. The paper analyzes...

The Disk Drive as an Audio Recorder

The following tutorial paper describes how a block-structured mass storage device, such as a Winchester disk drive, may be made to function as part of a digital audio recording and editing system: the so-called 'tapeless recorder'. It outlines the principles of random access sound file storage and buffering, together with a discussion of digital audio requirements and the historical precedent f...