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
Draft notation of the Difference Engine No. 2

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Draft notation of the Difference Engine No. 2
The Babbage Papers at the Science Museum, London
Science Museum Group Collection

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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Extent:
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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