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MS Buxton 8.2. Engine for table of differences

Inventory Number: 16136
Object Type: Archive
EAD Extent: Manuscript, 1 1/2 sides plus inserted leaf
EAD Scope and Content: Manuscript titled ‘Engine for table of differences’, August 1840 (but the original is actually earlier, c. 1821/1822). Detailed notes and description of the first difference engine; ‘Of an Engine to multiply n figures by m figures’ (1½ sides + inserted leaf). Transcribed from original manuscripts in MS Buxton 9. Paginated 45-52 + 2 inserted leaves.
Collection Group: Buxton Collection

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