Read more Nathan Myhrvold stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/29006/nathan-myhrvold.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 08:38:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24033/silicon-valley-welcomes-babbage-calculator.htmlLaila Weir<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=92889&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401015034' border='0' />An unusually large calculator is on display for the next six months at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. The massive machine is a “difference engine,” a mechanical calculator to determine polynomial functions designed (but never built) by 19th-century inventor Charles Babbage. London’s Science Museum constructed the brand...Babbage difference engine as it nears completion.http://www.newser.com/story/24033/silicon-valley-welcomes-babbage-calculator.htmlThu, 10 Apr 2008 13:32:00 CDT