Jacquards' Web
“In April 2000, another team at the Science Museum, also headed by Doron Swade, completed the construction, to Babbage’s specifications, of a printer which Babbage planned to be used in conjunction with the Difference Engine, his first cogwheel calculator. The project to build Babbage’s printer was sponsored by Nathan Myhrvold, the former chief technology officer of Microsoft, for whom the Museum is building a replica of Difference Engine No. 2.
The printer automatically produces results of up t...o thirty digits on a paper roll. The roll can be used for checking the Difference Engine’s output. The printer also presses the results in soft metal or papier mâché trays from which plates can be made for use in a conventional printing press. The results are produced simultaneously in two print sizes, and there is also a facility for the page layout to be altered. Numbers can be arranged in one, two, or three columns. It is even possible to vary page margins and the spacing between columns.MoreLess
The printer automatically produces results of up t...o thirty digits on a paper roll. The roll can be used for checking the Difference Engine’s output. The printer also presses the results in soft metal or papier mâché trays from which plates can be made for use in a conventional printing press. The results are produced simultaneously in two print sizes, and there is also a facility for the page layout to be altered. Numbers can be arranged in one, two, or three columns. It is even possible to vary page margins and the spacing between columns.MoreLess
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