Some Reminiscences of the Past. By Lady Duff Gordon's Daughter
Anon
Genre: | Abstract |
Publications abstracted: | Janet A Ross Murray's Magazine |
Subjects: | Mathematics, Machinery |
Recalls that 'One day Mr. Babbage took her to see his calculating machine, and as she could never do sums, she immediately asked him to give it her. Mr. Babbage had a wonderful automaton—a lady made of silver, which he called his wife, who moved her arms in a graceful but weird fashion' (500). | |
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