[geeks] Difference Engine at the Computer History Museum

[Michael Thompson]

>http://www.news.com/8301-13772_3-9915667-52.html
>
>Courtesy of nathan Myrhvold, a full-scale working model of Charles
>Babbage's Difference Engine will be on display at the Computer History
>Museum in Mountain View for six months beginning May 1.  The machine was
>constructed to special order for Myhrvold by the Science Museum in
>Kensington, London.
>

I visited the Science Museum in London when they build the first one. 
It was right in the lobby by the main entrance. Even though there was 
a sign that said not to talk to the builders, I had a nice 
conversation with them. They were convinced that Babbage could have 
built the machine if he had access to better machine tools.



Michael Thompson