Charles Babbage's Calculating Engine and others - Images
Catalog Number
102627205
Type
Still Image
Identifying Numbers
Other number
#15-1
Verso pencil
Other number
5
Verso ink white paper label
Dimensions
overall: 11 in x 8 1/2 in
Description
Black and white images of 4 pages from a book. Lower right has image of mechanical calculator using rods and dials, possibly a version of Napier's rods. The upper right has two images of a Jacquard loom showing the weaving mechanism and the other the programming cards. The lower left image is of the working model of Babbage's "analytical engine" the upper left has an image the Moreland Caluclating Machine showing its dials. All attributions are in German. On the verso each image has its own accession tag. Only one is being used for cataloguing.
