Campaign launched to build Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine

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A steam-powered computer designed by the 19th century mathematician Charles Babbage could finally be built after a campaign was launched to bring his dream to life.
 


The Analytical Engine – conceived in 1837 – remains one of the greatest inventions that never was as Babbage died before he could see out its construction.

However, John Graham-Cumming, a programmer and science blogger, now hopes to realise Babbage’s vision by raising £400,000 to build the giant brass and iron contraption.
 


He plans to use Babbage’s original blueprints for the device, which are contained in a collection of the inventor’s notebooks held at the Science Museum in London. ...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8064569/Campaign-launched-to-build-Charles-Babbages-Analytical-Engine.html