The Science Museum’s Never Been Seen website shows you objects with zero views (itsnicethat.com) 3 points by hairofadog 5y ago ↗ HN
[–] hairofadog 5y ago ↗ I linked to the article instead of the site itself because the site offers little explanation, but it’s difficult to find the link in the article so here it is: https://thesciencemuseum.github.io/never-been-seen/
[–] jfengel 5y ago ↗ The first thing I was led to:https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co87246..."0.2 inch composition punches for Gloucester Old Style"That's a pretty neat thing, with a lengthy writeup. [–] [deleted] 5y ago ↗ (comment deleted)
[–] ksaj 5y ago ↗ I scored!Directive for division. Four barrels.Maker: Babbage, Charleshttps://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/documents/aa110...If you scroll down to the text area, there are links to a whole lot of other Babbage papers.
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"0.2 inch composition punches for Gloucester Old Style"
That's a pretty neat thing, with a lengthy writeup.
Directive for division. Four barrels.
Maker: Babbage, Charles
https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/documents/aa110...
If you scroll down to the text area, there are links to a whole lot of other Babbage papers.