Mudstone » Victorian http://www.mudstone.com like my garage only a little more organized and on the web Thu, 21 Apr 2011 05:23:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Babbages Difference Engine #2 http://www.mudstone.com/2008/05/13/babbages-difference-engine-2/ http://www.mudstone.com/2008/05/13/babbages-difference-engine-2/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 07:02:51 +0000 Shawn http://www.mudstone.com/2008/05/13/babbages-difference-engine-2/ Babbage Difference Engine #2 What a treat to see a working Babbage Difference Engine, shown at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View this weekend.

The “engine” was never built in Victorian times, but now there are two of them one in London and the other, known as #2, is, for now, in Mountain View to be on display for the next year. They’ll run it twice a week, for visitors to watch its elegant workings.

Checkout my Difference Engine pictures on Flickr.

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