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Re: Surely we cannot be outdone?
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lugnet.robotics
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Sun, 30 May 2004 10:16:01 GMT
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"Steve Baker" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message
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> Babbages' Difference Engine in Meccano:
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> http://www.meccano.us/difference_engines/rde_1/index.html
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> Now *surely* someone here can do better with Lego?
And if that someone can get it powered by a pnaumatic engine we got a
airpowered calculating machine :)
Is there any place where the principles of Babbage's Difference Engine is
explained??
Regards
Øyvind Steinnes
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| (...) I doubt that would be possible, certainly very difficult as it works with decimal digits. Maybe possible to build a binary difference engine with pneumatics. (...) It is really quite uncomplicated, google "babbage difference engine" returns (...) (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| Babbages' Difference Engine in Meccano: (URL) *surely* someone here can do better with Lego? ---...--- Steve Baker ---...--- HomeEmail: <sjbaker1@airmail.net> WorkEmail: <sjbaker@link.com> HomePage : (URL) : (4 URLs) GEEK CODE BLOCK----- GCS d-- s:+ (...) (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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