The more I read the more astonished I am- electromagnetic Jacquard readers demoed in LONDON in the 1850s, Babbage must have seen them!!
@sydneypadua Any likelihood Babbage abandoned the AE design because he realized electromechanical was the way to go? (Version 2.0 syndrome)
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@Meaningness I don't know.. he never mentioned it that I know of! II had no idea there were actual sort-of-working versions in his lifetimeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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