The Science Museum did one of Babbage's machines, yes, but not the big one.
Legolas Send a noteboard - 23/10/2010 02:15:13 PM
Didn't the Science Museum in London already do that?
Also, I thought it was hand powered not steam powered?
They built the "difference engine", which is indeed hand powered, but the "analytical engine", of which the difference engine would be merely a part, was never built. See the Wikipedia article on the analytical engine, which also mentions the current attempt to get it built.
It's apparently Steampunk month. Or fortnight, depending on which publisher you look at.
- 22/10/2010 11:08:05 PM
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And some enthusiast is apparently trying to build Babbage's original designs for a computer.
- 22/10/2010 11:23:09 PM
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*NM*
Um.
- 23/10/2010 01:58:48 PM
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The Science Museum did one of Babbage's machines, yes, but not the big one.
- 23/10/2010 02:15:13 PM
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You could just buy Steampunk and pre-order Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded 
- 23/10/2010 12:02:55 AM
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Matt Staggs was sending me something. Which I've not received. Stupid mail system.
- 23/10/2010 12:07:45 PM
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Some of my favourites
- 23/10/2010 07:59:51 PM
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It would seem The Difference Engine is essential Steampunk reading; it largely spawned the genre.
- 24/10/2010 06:33:04 PM
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I will definitely try to hunt The Sprawl down then. *NM*
- 24/10/2010 09:27:43 PM
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Not high art, maybe, but well written, well paced and thought provoking.
- 24/10/2010 10:48:42 PM
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