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A sample gear from the Babbage difference engine that is resident at the Science Museum in London. The gear is on display as part of the permanent collection at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. The replica difference engine that will be on display at the museum is comprised of 248 of these gears.

Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET News.com

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