Draft notation of the Difference Engine No. 2
- PART OF:
- The Babbage Papers
- Made:
- 1846-1849-02-12
- part of archive:
- The Babbage Papers
- maker:
- Babbage, Charles
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The Babbage Papers at the Science Museum, London
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This series comprises 39 sheets of draft notations. They include notations for the printing apparatus, the final form of which are in Series H.
These notations are also a good demonstration of how Babbage worked out and used his language of mechanical notation.
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39 sheets of notations
- Identifier:
- BAB/J
- Access:
- Open Access
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The series is arranged alpha-numerically in date order. 25 of the drawings are undated, but probably date from 1848-1849.
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