1849 · Difference Engine, Second Design · Werk 486 von 1.871

A general arrangement drawing of the second difference engine, an engineering drawing in ink on cream paper, plan and elevation on the same sheet, eight columns of figure wheels drawn side by side, each column a stack of wheels one above the other, ruled dimension lines, wash shading in grey, the title block a plain ruled box, places where lines have been scraped out and redrawn, the sheet laid flat on a grey studio table, even flat light from directly above.
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