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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nAnd here I am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a 1543 edition print of a book by Vetruvius, a Roman architect. He emphasised Mathematical symmetry and perspective in architectural beauty. It less than 100 years from the time of Da’Vinci – and he would have read an earlier print of this book, when producing his work the Vetruvian Man. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a Sextant and book of Log tables they used on ships for navigation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a fragment of Charles Babbage’s Difference Engine (The Log Tabulator). He would have used it for obtaining further funding. It indicates that his complete machine was never built. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a slightly bigger but still incomplete version (of the Log Tabulator) done by this son after his death using parts that he found. You can see a book of log tables next to it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a complete reconstruction of the Difference Engine (log tabulator) built in 2002 by Computer-Engineer historians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a part of the Analytical Engine (enables numbers to knit numbers) that Charles Babbage completed. Plans show that if completed, the final result would have been much bigger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a calculator\/computer that Lord Kelvin (William Thomson) built to predict tides. Some have called it the first Victorian Computer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On the train at Manchester the accents wash over me. \u201cYoue go\u2019 u\u2019 early todey innit?\u201d What to do with three hours in London? Roll a dice on Monopoly board. Euston Road to Kensington. And here I am. This is … Continue reading <\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n