 Its parts, indeed, are few, but frequently repeated ; and, though it contains many wheels, yet only a few of them, move at the same time, so that its simplicity is greater than that of many machines in common and constant use. There is one circumstance...  The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal - Seite 2601822Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1822 - 446 Seiten
...eighty-two figures, the engine produced thirty-three every minute. Another time it produced fortyjiiur figures in a minute ; and, as the machine may be moved...machine will contain about 30,000 types, which are put in their places by children ; but the person who attends the engine has a method of ascertaining, in... | |
 | 1822 - 536 Seiten
...small error that may arise from accident Or bad workmanship is corrected as soon as it is produced, in such a manner as effectually to prevent any accumulation...from producing a wrong figure 'in the calculation. " Of those contrivances by which the composition is to be effected, I have made many experiments and... | |
 | 1822 - 526 Seiten
...small error that may arise from accident or bad workmanship is corrected as soon as it is produced, in such a manner as effectually to prevent any accumulation...from producing a wrong figure in the calculation. " Of those contrivances by which the composition is to be effected, I have made many experiments and... | |
 | 1824 - 492 Seiten
...computations are wonderfully accurate ; and some very skilful mechanics to whom Mr. Babbage has shown it in confidence, are of opinion that it may be carried...machine will contain about 30,000 types, which are put in their places by children; -but the person who attends the engine has a method of ascertaining, in... | |
 | 1824 - 492 Seiten
...wonderfully accurate ; and some very skilful mechanics to whom Mr. Babbage has shown it in confidence, »re of opinion that it may be carried to any extent. Its...with types, has not yet been actually constructed; bat from several models which Mr. Babbage has made, and from numerous experiments which he has tried,... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1833 - 614 Seiten
...inaccuracy in one of the wheels, is 'corrected as soon as it is transmitted to the next ; and this is done in such a manner as effectually to prevent any accumulation of small errors from producing an erroneous figure in the result. In order to convey some idea of this stupendous undertaking, we... | |
 | 1832 - 600 Seiten
...inaccuracy in one of the wheels, is corrected as soon as it is transmitted to the next, and this is done in such a manner as effectually to prevent any accumulation of small errors from producing an erroneous figure in the result. This engine can not only produce the operations of common arithmetic,... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1833 - 548 Seiten
...inaccuracy in one of the wheels, is corrected as soon as it is transmitted to the next ; and this is done in such a manner as effectually to prevent any accumulation of small errors from producing an erroneous figure in the result. In order to convey some idea of this stupendous undertaking, we... | |
 | Andrews Norton, Charles Folsom - 1833 - 530 Seiten
...inaccuracy in one of the wheels, is corrected as soon as it is transmitted to the next, and this is done in such a manner as effectually to prevent any accumulation of small errors from producing an erroneous figure in the result."] Amid all his correct reasoning and sobriety of views, we rejoice... | |
 | David Brewster - 1834 - 370 Seiten
...inaccuracy in one of the wheels, is corrected as soon as it is transmitted to the next, and this is done in such a manner as effectually to prevent any accumulation of small errors from producing an erroneous figure in the result. In order to convey some idea of this stupendous undertaking, we... | |
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