This is actually a picture of the printing mechanism for another machine of his, called the Difference Engine No. 2, which he never built, but which the Science Museum did build in the '80s and '90s.
They had failed to understand the immense possibilities of his work, ignored the advice of the most reputable scientists and engineers, procrastinated for eight years before reaching a decision about the difference engine, misunderstood his motives and the sacrifices he had made, and... failed to protect him from public slander and ridicule.
He then met the Chancellor of the Exchequer to seek public funds for the construction of a large difference engine.
然后,他会见了大臣寻求公共资金用于建造一个大的差异引擎。
Nothing of the sort exists in the Difference Engine.
这种事情存在的差异引擎。
The Chaos Engine (1993) is a run and gun video game inspired by the Gibson/Sterling novel The Difference Engine (1990), set in a Victorian steampunk age. Developed by the Bitmap Brothers, it was first released on the Amiga in 1993; a sequel was released in 1996.
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