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Circumstances connected with the Exhibition of the Difference Engine No. 1 in the International Exhibition of 1862.

the construction of the Difference Engine No. 1 was abandoned by the Government in 1842, I was consulted respecting the place in which it should be deposited. Well aware of the unrivalled perfection of its workmanship, and 2