Difference Engine at the Computer History Museum

[Phil Stracchino-3]

http://www.news.com/8301-13772_3-9915667-52.html

Courtesy of nathan Myrhvold, a full-scale working model of Charles
Babbage's Difference Engine will be on display at the Computer History
Museum in Mountain View for six months beginning May 1.  The machine was
constructed to special order for Myhrvold by the Science Museum in
Kensington, London.


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[Sridhar Ayengar]

Phil Stracchino wrote:
> http://www.news.com/8301-13772_3-9915667-52.html
>
> Courtesy of nathan Myrhvold, a full-scale working model of Charles
> Babbage's Difference Engine will be on display at the Computer History
> Museum in Mountain View for six months beginning May 1.  The machine was
> constructed to special order for Myhrvold by the Science Museum in
> Kensington, London.

Wow!

Peace...  Sridhar
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