Digital computing system for square roots

Claim 1

A SYSTEM RESPONSIVE TO A SERIES OF INPUT SIGNALS WHICH OCCUR AT AN AVERAGE RATE THAT IS INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL TO THE SQUARE OF AN INDEPENDENT VARIABLE, SAID SYSTEM BEING ADAPTED TO COMPUT A NUMBER POROPORTIONAL TO SAID INDEPENDENT VARIABLE AND COMPRSING IN COMBINATION FIRST AND SECOND COUNTING REGISTERS, MEANS FOR INCREASING THE COUNT IN THE FIRST REGISTER AT A PREDETERMINED UNIFORM RATE THAT IS LARGE COMPARED TO THE MAXIMUM RATE OF SAID INPUT SIGNALS, MEANS ACTING TO DEVELOP A CONTROL SIGNAL EACH TIME THAT SAID COUNT INCREASES BY AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE COUNT STANDING IN THE SECOND REGISTER, MEANS FOR INCREASING THE COUNT IN THE SECOND REGISTER BY A UNIFORM AMOUNT IN RESPONSE TO EACH SAID CONTROL SIGNAL, MEANS FOR RESETTING THE SECOND REGISTER TO INITIAL CONDITION IN RESPONSE TO EACH INPUT SIGNAL, AND OUTPUT MEANS FOR PRODUCING A PRESENTATION OF SAID NUMBER IN RESPONSE TO THE NUMBER REPRESENTED BY THE SECOND REGISTER IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO SAID RESETTING THEREOF.