The Science Museum in London has agreed to help by digitising the mathematician’s original plans.
Eventually the images will be used to create a full working model of the Analytical Engine.
Conceived in the late 1830s, it foreshadowed the modern computer revolution by more than a century.
Babbage’s many notepads and sketch books are currently held in the Science Museum’s archives, but have never been converted into a form that is easily accessible.
It is hoped that the digital documents will allow researchers around the world to pick apart the many disparate ideas and settle on the definitive version of the machine.
“There are some complete plans, they are just not totally complete. There will be a degree of interpretation,” said John Graham-Cumming, the programmRead Full Article Here
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