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The top plane of the first "Automatic Totalisator," designed by George Julius (1913). It was a mechanical computer designed for calculating and displaying bets at horse races. There are more really awesome pictures of it, at this link: https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/historydisplays/SecondFloor/Totalisators/FirstJulius/FirstJuliusMain.php#tickets
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Phil Cockfield
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Wait, that was at the Ellerslie racecourse in Auckland, NZ? WTF??!! Mind blown π€―. What kinda crazy shit going down in the backwater colonies βdown on the farmβ in 1913??!! π«₯π« cc @ro β Ellerslie!!
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Oooooh Phil maybe this was one of your ancestors
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Phil Cockfield
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( 12345 $DEGEN ): because "babbagepunk" (and the outer rims)! ππ»ββοΈ π€― π« π«₯
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Oh wow Phil, thank you tons and tons! And thank you for sharing the fun info about Babbage. Very cool that there are like, multiple personal connections between you and this insane monstrosity of a machine! <3
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