我在 James Essinger 写的《Jacquard's Web》里读过关于这事的一段精彩描述——归根结底是机械师切削的齿轮不符合规格，要让齿轮组平稳运转，需要的精度是当时几十年后才达到的。皇家学会当时愿意资助……
I read a good description of the affair in James Essinger's "Jacquard's Web" - came down to the machinist cutting the gears not-to-spec, for the geartrains to function smoothly they would have needed precision not achieved for decades. The Royal Society was willing to fund the…
Ironically a lot of the works on Babbage go into his own trials and tribulations when trying to fundraise his Difference Engine and navigating the politics of 19th Century British Government affairs. Jacquard's Web [1] was a good break from this tradition and goes into the technical foundations for Babbage's work - highlighting the loom industry in Lyons but primarily focusing on Babbage and Lovelace's technical…
…free storage during the demonstration. [0] http://jmc.stanford.edu/articles/lisp/lisp.pdf [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_(programming_language) [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_704 [3] Jacquard's Web by James Essinger is the book you want to read for more.
我在 James Essinger 写的《Jacquard's Web》里读过关于这事的一段精彩描述——归根结底是机械师切削的齿轮不符合规格，要让齿轮组平稳运转，需要的精度是当时几十年后才达到的。皇家学会当时愿意资助……
I read a good description of the affair in James Essinger's "Jacquard's Web" - came down to the machinist cutting the gears not-to-spec, for the geartrains to function smoothly they would have needed precision not achieved for decades. The Royal Society was willing to fund the…
具有讽刺意味的是，关于巴贝奇的许多著作都大谈特谈他自己在为差分机筹集资金、周旋于 19 世纪英国政府官场时的种种艰难坎坷。《Jacquard's Web》[1]很好地打破了这一传统，深入探讨了巴贝奇研究的技术基石——重点介绍了里昂的织机产业，但主要还是聚焦于巴贝奇和洛夫莱斯的技术……
Ironically a lot of the works on Babbage go into his own trials and tribulations when trying to fundraise his Difference Engine and navigating the politics of 19th Century British Government affairs. Jacquard's Web [1] was a good break from this tradition and goes into the technical foundations for Babbage's work - highlighting the loom industry in Lyons but primarily focusing on Babbage and Lovelace's technical…
读完蛮久了，但我挺喜欢 James Essinger 的《Jacquard's Web》，里面对这方面讲得更深一些
It's been a while since I read it, but I enjoyed _Jacquard's Web_ by James Essinger, which covers this in some more depth
……演示期间的 free storage。[0] http://jmc.stanford.edu/articles/lisp/lisp.pdf [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_(programming_language) [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_704 [3] 如果你想了解更多，James Essinger 写的《Jacquard's Web》就是你必读的书。
…free storage during the demonstration. [0] http://jmc.stanford.edu/articles/lisp/lisp.pdf [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_(programming_language) [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_704 [3] Jacquard's Web by James Essinger is the book you want to read for more.