[gary]

Originally Posted by okiscopey

Thanks for the post Gary.

Here's a not-very-good photo I took of Babbage's second device (which was also not finished) during a 2008 visit to the Science Museum.

Hi Mike,

Thank you for the snapshot of Difference Engine No. 2.

Here is a wonderful amateur video of a demonstration of the Difference Engine No. 2.
This particular machine was completed in 2008 and on loan to the Computer
History Museum in Mountain View, California.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiRgdaknJCg
(The quality setting can be changed to HD.)

Watching the carry train operate is mesmerizing and a thing of beauty.