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Re: LEGO ideas

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In article <n5a7f5$mao$1@dont-email.me>,
Martin Gregorie  <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> wrote:
>
>NOTE: when it was first completed, the Science Museum used to demonstrate 
>their Difference Engine in operation. But, now its encased in a close-
>fitting glass box it can't be run because there's no space to turn its 
>crank, let alone input settings or take and read its output.

Maybe they got tired of repairing it... (:-/)  Last time I saw it
demonstrated [long ago), they turned the crank, there was a "sproing",
and a piece of one of the cams flew off!  End of demo.

[Maybe the one im Mountain View benefits from being the second model]

	-- Pete --

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LEGO ideas ray carter <ray@zianet.com> - 2015-12-21 21:33 +0000
  Re: LEGO ideas Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-12-22 01:02 +0000
    Re: LEGO ideas Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2015-12-21 23:39 -0600
      Re: LEGO ideas andrew@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel) - 2015-12-23 13:05 +0000
    Re: LEGO ideas neverland@GOODEVEca.net (Pete) - 2015-12-22 06:48 +0000
      free case survey is it legit..seems to just ask for name address phone etc only looks fishy for the wdcpihd mrbrad <lostgonzo@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 00:52 -0600
    Re: LEGO ideas "Dave Liquorice" <allsortsnotthisbit@howhill.com> - 2015-12-22 11:36 +0000
    Re: LEGO ideas ray carter <ray@zianet.com> - 2015-12-22 15:53 +0000
      Re: LEGO ideas Roger Bell_West <roger+csrp201512@nospam.firedrake.org> - 2015-12-22 16:07 +0000
        Re: LEGO ideas Another Dave <dmarsden@nospam.com> - 2015-12-27 10:03 +0000
    Re: LEGO ideas Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2015-12-22 16:11 +0000

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