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...tting device intended for use on the [[Mark IV Dreyer Table|Mark IV Dreyer table]] to plot automatically plot [[Range Cut|range cuts]] from multiple rangefi [[Category:Dreyer Table Components]]

...means of plotting range cuts on the range plot of a [[Dreyer Fire Control Table]], representing the data from as many as 9 [[Rangefinder|rangefinders]] wit [[Category:Dreyer Table Components]]

...ced integration with the Dreyer table as well as the outboard users of the table's gun deflection output. ...is possible that the only ship using a standard bearing plot on its Dreyer table was [[H.M.S. Ramillies (1916)|''Ramillies'']] from July, 1917<ref>Brooks, J

...e:DreyerTableMarkIII_elevationAndPlan_June1912.jpg|thumb|512px|'''Mark III Table plan from June 1912'''<br>Note bearing plot on left with single deflection ...cription of a family of bearing plots found on [[Dreyer Fire Control Table|Dreyer tables]] before the advent of the [[Standard Bearing Plot]] and [[Gyro Dire

...lection Totaliser''' was a component created for the [[Dreyer Fire Control Table]] consisting of several handles and geared differentials which permitted [[ The totaliser was an adding machine for various components of gun deflection to be added together. The inputs were:

The first Dreyer Table to have one was that in {{UK-Ramillies|f=p}}, with it probably being fitted ...amillies'' prompted the decision to add it to all Mark III* and the Mark V Dreyer tables, commencing from perhaps late 1918.

...me, but for the sake of discussion on this site, we dub it the '''Original Dreyer Bearing Plot'''. ...gth and featured little to no integration with the other components on the table. More vitally, it is not clear that there existed in these early installat

...installed in [[H.M.S. Royal Oak (1914)|''Royal Oak'']].<ref>''Captain F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Apparatus, Mark IV''. Fig. V.</ref> ...ting [[Range Cut|range cuts]] on the range plot of a [[Dreyer Fire Control Table]] invented by Commander [[Henry John Studholme Brownrigg|Henry J. S. Brownr

...cross the line-of-sight. It then subtracted these components to obtain the components of the velocity of the enemy relative to own ship, both along and across (a * [[Dreyer Fire Control Table]]

...d in a [[Straddle Correction|straddle correction]] brought over from the [[Dreyer Calculator]]. Eventually, its function was largely mimicked for [[Gun Defl ...nter]] displayed the present gun range digitally on the side of the Dreyer table.

...e components has changed from that in the [[Mark III Dreyer Table|Mark III table]].]] ...kins Class Cruiser (1917)|''Hawkins'' class cruisers]] in lieu of [[Dreyer Table Mark I*|Mark I* tables]] originally envisioned for them.

...humb|512px|'''Mark IV Dreyer Table c1916'''<ref>Admiralty. ''Captain F. C. Dreyer's Fire Control Apparatus Mark IV, as fitted in H.M.S. Royal Oak'', May 1916 ...le:DreyerTableMarkIVAndIVStar_front_1918.jpg|thumb|512px|'''Mark IV Dreyer Table c1918, front'''<br>Shown with a [[Standard Bearing Plot]] which was probabl

...MarkIII_drawing_c1912.jpg|thumb|400px|'''Mark III Dreyer Table c1912'''<br>Table now has a single deflection drum but lacks the second deflection drum added ...n of the [[Original Dreyer Table]] and was the first [[Dreyer Fire Control Table]] provided for naval service, first deployed in 1912 in [[H.M.S. Monarch (1

...fire control solutions generally centered about the [[Dreyer Fire Control Table]]. ...nts in turn, from input, to visualization, to calculation, and discuss the components as the inventor, Arthur Pollen envisioned their use.

...o id="iZZ7wdnRLsE" height="150" width="200" desc="The Dreyer Fire Control Table" frame="true" /> ...tions devices to build a sophisticated computer, the [[Dreyer Fire Control Table]] and a system to harmonize the effort by pointing and firing all the guns

The '''Dreyer Fire Control Table''' was the Royal Navy's highest-level [[Fire Control]] instrument during Wo ...nderDreyerMarkIII1918Front.jpg|thumb|400px|'''Mark III Dreyer Fire Control Table as it appeared by 1918, front'''<br>Bearing plot, deflection drums and defl

...fer to items such as [[Gunnery Director|directors]], [[Dreyer Fire Control Table]]s, etc. ...of step-by-step systems. deploying them widely and standardising the core components of commutators and stepper motors at each end.

...ched real-world weapon system performance and then to create virtual range table data by which accurate simulated gunsights can be "built". The main components are now: