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Lot 154

[BABBAGE, CHARLES. 1791-1871.]
LARDNER, DIONYSIUS.
"Babbage's Calculating Engine" (running header). IN: The Edinburgh Review for April ... July, 1834. Edinburgh: 1834.

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[BABBAGE, CHARLES. 1791-1871.]

LARDNER, DIONYSIUS. "Babbage's Calculating Engine" (running header). IN: The Edinburgh Review for April ... July, 1834. Edinburgh: 1834.
8vo. Pp 263-327 (July 1834). Wood-engraved figures. Drab boards, old rebacking of sheep with red spine label. Small blind-stamp to general title, old library bookplate, hinges taped, corners worn and other light wear to binding.

"THE DEFINITIVE CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNT OF THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE ... impressive for its accuracy and detail, and for the manner in which the most significant features and innovations are highlighted ... it is evident that much of Lardner's material has been obtained at first hand from Babbage" (Bromley, Introduction to the 1982 edition of Babbage's Works). The only portion of Babbage's difference engine ever to be constructed was finished in 1832 by Babbage's mechanic Joseph Clement. The present article was the primary source of information for the Swedish engineer Georg Scheutz who eventually built his own calculating machine about twenty years later.

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