雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第8章:水銀延時線(38)
Optics, hydraulics, and aerodynamics could be 'revolutionised'; the plastics industry could be 'advanced in a way that is impossible with present computing resources.'
Besides the range table problem already noted by Alan, a problem expected to require three years of work by the existing Mathematics Division,
除了圖靈提到的射程表問題之外，還有一個問題是數學部門預計要花三年才能解決的，Womersley claimed that 'The machine will also grapple successfully with problems of heat-flow in non-uniform substances, or substances in which heat is being continuously generated'—of explosives old and new, in fact.
即沃默斯利所說的"該機器將會成功地解決非均勻物質中的熱量流動問題"。
Womersley also claimed that 'the promised support of Commander Sir Edward Travis, ? of the Foreign Office, will be invaluable.'
沃默斯利同時還說："外交部的愛德華·特拉維斯上校注所承諾的支持，將會獲得不可估量的回報。"On the more theoretical side, Womersley stressed that 'this device is not a calculating machine in the ordinary sense of the word.
在理論方面，沃默斯利強調："這種設備並不是字面意義上的計算機，One does not need to limit its functions to arithmetic.
它的功能並不僅限於算術，It is just as much at home in algebra And on the more political side he drew attention to the large sums already expended in America on machines whose capacities would be far outstripped by the ACE.
它還可以輕鬆地處理代數問題……"在政治方面，沃默斯利着重強調，ACE將會勝過美國在這方面已經取得的成就。More subtly, Womersley pointed to the advantage to be gained from having such a machine installed in the NPL:
更巧妙的是，沃默斯利還指出了在國家物理實驗室部署這種設備的優勢：in this country, and particularly in this Division, have a unique contribution to make to world progress.
……我們這個國家，尤其是我們這個部門，在該領域的發展進程中，做出了獨立的貢獻。I can say quite definitely that in the use of such equipment we shall be far more resourceful and cunning than the Americans.
我可以肯定地講，在使用這種設備方面，我們比美國人擁有更多的資源和經驗the USA machines are in Electrical Engineering Departments.
……美國人的機器全都放在電子工程部門。In this Division the machine will be in the hands of the user, rather than the producer ...
如果把這種設備部署在我們部門，那就是把它交給了真正的使用者，而不是製造者……
