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Also agree; looking at the machine is one thing, but actually seeing it in use, working through calculations, is a little bit breathtaking. There's never been
by bdamm 11y ago
Also agree; looking at the machine is one thing, but actually seeing it in use, working through calculations, is a little bit breathtaking. There's never been a machine I felt was alive, but watching the difference engine (which is the size of a small locomotive!) move its thousands of parts in one smooth sequence, was stunning.
- rbanffy 11y agoNot only seeing it. Hearing it is impressive. The various shafts and lever rotating and pushing each other, the main drive rotation changes as its load increases or decreases according to where in the "clock cycle" the machine is, the rhythm of the various pieces clicking, pushing and missing each other... It's really something.