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difference engines (<temporary alphabetical list: data processing equipment>, data processing equipment, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Calculating machines, now historic, that were able to produce tables of values for arithmetic functions. The machine was designed by English inventor and engineer Charles Babbage in 1822, and a working model was built in 1853 by George and Edward Scheutz.
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| difference engines (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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| difference engine (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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| engines, difference (C,U,English,UF,U,PN)
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| machine différentielle (C,U,French-P,AD,U,FSN)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.TH |
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.... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G) |
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............ equipment (G) |
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................ <equipment by process> (G) |
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.................... data processing equipment (G) |
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........................ <temporary alphabetical list: data processing equipment> (G) |
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............................ difference engines (G,U) |
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