[geeks] Difference Engine at the Computer History Museum

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> Sometimes it's amazing what you can do just given good enough machine 
> tools.  Victorian engineers and, heck, Leonardo da Vinci for that matter 
> came up with some really advanced ideas, that would have worked if only 
> the metallurgy and tooling available at the time had been up to the job.
> 
I would also include the materials we presently have.  If he had the correct materials, human powered aircraft races would be an Olympic sport. :)

Bob