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From: Peter Chapin <PChapin@vtc.vsc.edu>
Subject: Re: Happy Birthday Ada Lovelace
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 13:55:23 -0500
Date: 2014-12-10T13:55:23-05:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.CYG.2.11.1412101354370.6092@WIL414CHAPIN.vtc.vsc.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b0a9ced8-d18f-47d0-b4ff-c6af0539ffd1@googlegroups.com>

On Wed, 10 Dec 2014, Austin Obyrne wrote:

>> P.S. Of course the Analytical Engine simulation should be written in
>> Ada!
>
> Off the top of my head I would envisage a model of say 'n' nested loops 
> that simulate the gear ratios of the actual engine.  I did view the 
> engine proper (I think it may have been the original??)at the South 
> Kensington Science Museum in London - about 20 years ago.

I think that was the Difference Engine, not the Analytical Engine.

Peter

  reply	other threads:[~2014-12-10 18:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-12-10  6:48 Happy Birthday Ada Lovelace Dirk Craeynest
2014-12-10  9:27 ` Austin Obyrne
2014-12-10 12:33 ` Peter Chapin
2014-12-10 13:03   ` Austin Obyrne
2014-12-10 18:55     ` Peter Chapin [this message]
2014-12-10 20:52       ` Adam Beneschan
2014-12-10 13:14   ` J-P. Rosen
2014-12-10 18:52     ` Peter Chapin
2014-12-10 22:04   ` Brad Moore
2014-12-10 17:14 ` Jeffrey Carter
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2007-12-10 21:10 John McCormick
2007-12-11 18:49 ` JPWoodruff
2007-12-11 18:53   ` Ed Falis
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