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Parts of Difference Engine, by Charles Babbage, c. 1822-30

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Inventory Number: 94229
Object Type: Object
Persons: Charles Babbage
Date Created:
Place Created: London United Kingdom (England) Europe
Subject Classification(s): Calculation & early computing  
Provenance: Presented by Miss E. M. Buxton in 1994, along with the Buxton Collection of Babbage's manuscripts. Originally lent by the executors of L. H. Dudley Buxton in 1939. Given to Buxton's grandfather Harry Wilmot Buxton by Babbage.
Collection Group: Buxton Collection

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Glass Dome for Parts of Difference Engine, by Charles Babbage, c. 1822-30

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Inventory Number: 94229
Object Type: Object
Persons: Charles Babbage
Date Created:
Place Created: London United Kingdom (England) Europe
Subject Classification(s): Calculation & early computing  
Collection Group: Buxton Collection

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Loose Components

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Object is on display.
Inventory Number: 94229
Object Type: Object
Persons: Charles Babbage
Date Created: c. 1830
Place Created: London United Kingdom (England) Europe
Subject Classification(s): Calculation & early computing  
Collection Group: Buxton Collection

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