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Metabolical Machine for Language Learning with Wooden Letter Blocks, by Alfred Long, London?, c. 1865
Inventory Number:	11286
Object Type:	Object
Persons:	Alfred Long (Inventor)
Date Created:	c. 1865
Place Created:	London United Kingdom (England) Europe
Subject Classification(s):	Calculation & early computing
Primary Inscriptions:	Plaque "ALFRED LONG'S / PATENT / METABOLICAL MACHINE / No.. [blank]"
Collection Group:	Buxton Collection
Material(s):	Wood Glass metal Felt
Dimensions:	Height Width Depth Diameter Unit 494 131 mm
Narratives Alfred Long's Patent Metabolical Machine Special Exhibition Label: 'Eccentricity: Unexpected Objects and Irregular Behaviour' (10/5/2011 - 16/10/2011)

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