Difference Engine No 1

Made:
1853 in London
maker:
Benjamin Herschel Babbage
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Difference Engine No 1
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Difference Engine No 1
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Difference Engine No 1
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Difference Engine No 1
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Difference Engine No 1
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Difference Engine No 1
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Difference Engine No 1
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Difference Engine No 1
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Difference Engine No 1
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Difference Engine No 1
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Difference Engine No 1
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Difference Engine No 1
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Difference Engine No 1
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Print. "Impression from a woodcut of a small portion of Mr. Babbage's Difference Engine, No. 1, ..." / B.H. Babbage del. - [London, 1853]. Engraving, woodcut, 27.5x21cm. Text continues : "... the property of Government, at present deposited in the Museum of King's College, Somerset House. It was commenced 1823. This portion put together 1833. The construction abandoned 1842. This plate was printed, June, 1853." Detailed elevation of the DE1; the portion of the actual difference engine no. 1 is in the Science Museum (inv.1862-89). This engraving was reissued as frontispiece to Charles Babbage's book 'Passages from the Life of a Philosopher' published 1864, with a sentence added

Details

Category:
Art
Object Number:
1995-308
Measurements:
overall: 275 x 210 mm
type:
print
credit:
Office of Works