Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Got the first email, Herb. That Difference engine is something else. As a result, I just watched the 24 minute video from your museum of it being demonstrated - thanks to Youtube. Babbage produced astonishing bit of thinking to someone who has now forgotten most of his school maths, and now thinks polynomial equations is something to do with parrot names....:-) Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Kanner" <kanner at acm.org> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 6:41 AM Subject: [Leica] IMGs: Some shots of the Babbage Difference Engine > After we concluded the lecture/demonstration last Saturday, that area of > the Museum was pretty quiet, so it seemed like a good time to attempt some > shots of the machine. The light there is pretty lousy and my doctrine to > simplify my life has eliminated both tripods and flash. > > Please look large. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1004120.jpg.html > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1004120.jpg.html> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1004124.jpg.html > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1004124.jpg.html> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1004135.jpg.html > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1004135.jpg.html> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1004173.jpg.html > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1004173.jpg.html> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1004160.jpg.html > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1004160.jpg.html> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1004138.jpg.html > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1004138.jpg.html> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1004143.jpg.html > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1004143.jpg.html> > > The last one of these is the fence at one boundary of the Museum property. > It is submitted with apologies to John McMaster for playing copycat. > > > > > > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > > Question Authority and the authorities will question you. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >