Feedback Control: An Invisible Thread in the History of Technology

IEEE Control Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 53-68

  Bernstein, Dennis S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS; FORCE CONTROL; HISTORY; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MECHANICAL CLOCKS; MOTION CONTROL; PENDULUMS; SPEED CONTROL; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ASTRONOMICAL CLOCK; CLOCK ESCAPEMENT; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK AMPLIFIER; PENDULUM MOTION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK AMPLIFIER; VERGE AND FOLIATE ESCAPEMENT;

FEEDBACK CONTROL;

EID: 0036540027     PISSN: 1066033X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/37.993315     Document Type: Article

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