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Photos: Babbage's Difference masterpiece in action

Photo To remove room for human error in basic mathematical computations, Babbage designed the Engine to calculate tables of polynomial functions to 31 decimal points. Charles Babbage's Difference Engine number 2 is making its... [12 May 2008]

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Photos: Charles Babbage's masterpiece reincarnated

Photo Tech millionaire Nathan Myhrvold commissioned London's Science Museum to make him a version of Charles Babbage's famous Difference engine, a machine designed to mechanically calculate polynomial functions. [10 Apr 2008]