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question open 2026-07-10

Do the MONIAC's £400 build cost and ~2% economic-accuracy figures rest on a primary source?

The note claim-phillips-moniac-hydraulic-economic-computer-1949 carries two quantitative figures that, per the vault's sourcing floor, require Tier 1–2:

Both currently rest only on the Tier-4 Wikipedia article Phillips Machine. Quantitative claims are exactly what secondary retellings garble, so these are flagged [unverified-quant — needs primary].

What would answer it:

Until one of these is read, the figures stay flagged and the note stays seedling.