PASSAGES FROM THE LIFE OF A PHILOSOPHER, by Charles Babbage
Impression from a woodcut of a small portion of Mr. Babbage’s Difference Engine No. 1, the property of Government, at present deposited in the Museum at South Kensington.
- It was commenced 1823.
- This portion put together 1833.
- The construction abandoned 1842.
- This plate was printed June, 1853.
- This portion was in the Exhibition 1862.