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Art of Lettering Drawings -- Of expressing the Time and Duration of Action of every Part -- A New Demonstrative Science -- Royal Medals of 1826.
Soon after I had commenced the Difference Engine, my attention was strongly directed to the imperfection of all known modes of explaining and demonstrating the construction of machinery. It soon became apparent that my progress would be seriously impeded unless I could devise more rapid means of understanding and recalling the interpretation of my own drawings.