Science Museum visit, 2005

Partial prototype of the Analytical Engine

Babbage abandoned the Difference Engine in order to concentrate on the more ambition Analytical Engine, his plan for a mechanical, general-purpose programmable computer. It was never completed, although partial prototypes like this one were built.

Partial prototype of the Analytical Engine

Science Museum visit, 2005: Computing
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