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For Nerds: The Sphinx
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| cevb |
Woah, this is awesome.
The device is made up of 20 alphabet slides that the operator can scramble in any set of 10 pairs. One end is clear text and the other is the encrypted text. In the aluminum Sphinx, the pairs lock together at the ends. In the wood version, they just push against one another.
The "white" device which resembles a double-cursor slide rule is believed to be an early version of the Sphinx. It has no gears or rack and the material is ivory on boxwood type of construction but it does have Lugagne's name attached to it. Both devices work the same way; the 20 rules can be scrambled and interchanged at will although the alphabets are not identical on the two devices.
This example of the Sphinx is owned by Robert E. Welsh. It is the earlier version made from wood and ivory. This earlier version is called ‘Transpositeur’. Le Sphinx was released in 1930 and the earlier version (Transpositeur) in 1912. (All photos above by Robert Welsh)
yeah, I live for this
http://www.jproc.ca/crypto/sphinx.html |
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| JEO |
| Yeah. Think you should be banned. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by JEO
Yeah. Think you should be banned. |
Agreed, please do we have to drag this 's out again? Or are the mods waiting til every new post + thread is solely made up of his crap? This place is not his personal diary ffs. |
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| Vector A |
| quote: | Originally posted by Silky Johnson
drag this 's out |
Nice image. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| :stongue::stongue: |
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| ziptnf |
| quote: | Originally posted by Silky Johnson
Agreed, please do we have to drag this 's out again? Or are the mods waiting til every new post + thread is solely made up of his crap? This place is not his personal diary ffs. |
In before Lira: well his useless nonsense isn't technically doing anything wrong, so we have to let him spam the forum with garbage. It's the rules! |
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| Sushipunk |
| Who is cevb? Is is Lang again? I haven't been around :o |
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| Sushipunk |
Ok, banned  |
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| Silky Johnson |
| yes Stu. 2 for 2! *high five* |
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| planetaryplayer |
| Lanagan wears salt crusted shoes in the summer time |
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| Ripped Bag |
| I don't understand banning someone on this board unless its egregious. We have so few active members now that it's just a tomb or a Time Capsule. |
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