Putting the Babbage Difference Engine to work (photos)

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  • vis~as
    • Sep 2006
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    Putting the Babbage Difference Engine to work (photos)

    MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--How's this for a computer: 8,000 parts, 5 tons, 11 feet long and 7 feet tall. Meet the Babbage Difference Engine.

    This one, Difference Engine No. 2, was built for former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold, who donated it to the Computer History Museum here.

    Photo by Scott Ard/CNET

    Caption by Scott Ard





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