Babbages Calculating Machine (1 results)
Published by Chambers? Edinburgh Journal, Edinburgh 1834
- First Edition
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Sheets. Condition: Good. First Printing. First Printing. Sheets. An early article about Babbage and his work.the first appears circa 1822. Article details the Difference Engine, exploring the difficulty of printing the resulting output accurately, and criticizing the failure to continue work on "this wonderful machine of Mr. Bab…bage." [not in OOC]. Light even toning, minor tidemark near spine, disbound sheets, a couple small closed tears, two leaves chipped, two with very minor loss of text at bottom right corner, fragile, else clean. Printed pulp sheets. fo. [p240], 4 leaves total.
